Rendezvous in the Rocky Mountains, 1825-1840

1825

Confluence of Burnt Fork, Henry's Fork, and Birch Creek, near present-day Burntfork, WY.

Sources

• Ashley, William H. Letter to Gen. Atkinson, 1825.
• Ashley, William H. Business records from Diary. Includes his accounts with the trappers at the rendezvous, and inventories of goods.
• Ashley, William H. Diary, March 25 to June 27, 1825 Ends before rendezvous, but covers events leading up to it.

1826

Mouth of Blacksmith's Fork Canyon, near present-day Hyrum, Utah

Sources

• Potts, Daniel. Letter dated Rocky Mountains, July 16, 1826 to Robert Potts. Philadelphia Gazette & Daily Advertiser, Nov 14, 1826.
• Fayel, William. A Narrative of Colonel Robert Campbell's Experiences in the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade from 1825 to 1835.
• Articles of Agreement; Smith, Jackson & Sublette with Wm Ashley, July 18, 1826 Contract to supply rendezvous.

1827

South end of Bear Lake, Utah

Sources

• Potts, Daniel. Letter dated Sweet Lake, July 8, 1827 to Robert Potts. Philadelphia Gazette & Daily Advertiser, Sept 27, 1827.
• Potts, Daniel. Letter dated Sweet Lake, July 8, 1827 to Dr. Lukens. Philadelphia Gazette & Daily Advertiser, Oct. 19, 1827.
• Fayel, William. A Narrative of Colonel Robert Campbell's Experiences in the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade from 1825 to 1835.
• Smith, Jedediah. Diary - July 1827

1828

South end of Bear Lake, Utah - Same location as 1827

• Fayel, William. A Narrative of Colonel Robert Campbell's Experiences in the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade from 1825 to 1835.
• Potts, Daniel. Letter dated St. Louis, Oct. 13, 1828 to Robert Potts. Original in the Yellowstone National Park Museum.

1829

First Location

Popo Agie, near Lander, WY

• Fayel, William. A Narrative of Colonel Robert Campbell's Experiences in the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade from 1825 to 1835.
• Victor, Frances Fuller. The River of the West: Joe Meek's Years in the Rocky Mountains.(chap 1)

Second Location

Pierre's Hole, near present-day Driggs,Idaho.

• Newell, Robert. Memoranda: Travels in the Teritory of Missourie.
• Victor, Frances Fuller. The River of the West: Joe Meek's Years in the Rocky Mountains.(chap 2)

1830

Confluence of Popo-Agie River and Wind River, near present-day Riverton, Wyoming.

Sources

• Newell, Robert. Memoranda: Travels in the Teritory of Missourie.
• Meek, Stephen Hall. The Autobiography of Stephen Hall Meek.
• Victor, Frances Fuller. The River of the West: Joe Meek's Years in the Rocky Mountains.

1831

Cache Valley, UT

(Supply trains did not show up until late fall.)

Sources

• Ferris, Warren Angus. Life in the Rocky Mountains.
• Newell, Robert. Memoranda: Travels in the Teritory of Missourie.
• Victor, Frances Fuller. The River of the West: Joe Meek's Years in the Rocky Mountains.

1832

Pierre's Hole, near present-day Driggs, Idaho.

Sources

• Ball, John. Across the Plains to Oregon, 1832.
• Campbell, Robert. Letter dated Lewis' Fork, July 18th, 1832 .
• Robert Campbell's 1832 Account Book.
• Fayel, William. A Narrative of Colonel Robert Campbell's Experiences in the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade from 1825 to 1835.
• Irving, Washington. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville.
• Meek, Stephen Hall. The Autobiography of Stephen Hall Meek.
• Newell, Robert. Memoranda: Travels in the Teritory of Missourie.
• Wyeth, Nathaniel. The Journals of Captain Nathaniel J. Wyeth's Expeditions to the Oregon Country and Selected Letters.
• Leonard, Zenas. Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard, fur trader and trapper, 1831-1835.
• Irving, Washington. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville.
• Ferris, Warren Angus. Life in the Rocky Mountains.
• Victor, Frances Fuller. The River of the West: Joe Meek's Years in the Rocky Mountains.
• Wyeth, John B. Oregon, or a Short History of a Long Journey.

1833

Green River, confluence of Horse Creek, near present-day Pinedale, Wyoming.

Sources

• Fayel, William. A Narrative of Colonel Robert Campbell's Experiences in the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade from 1825 to 1835.
• Ferris, Warren Angus. Life in the Rocky Mountains.
• Irving, Washington. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville.
• Leonard, Zenas. Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard, fur trader and trapper, 1831-1835.
• Meek, Stephen Hall. The Autobiography of Stephen Hall Meek.
• Newell, Robert. Memoranda: Travels in the Teritory of Missourie.
• Victor, Frances Fuller. The River of the West: Joe Meek's Years in the Rocky Mountains.
• Wyeth, Nathaniel. The Journals of Captain Nathaniel J. Wyeth's Expeditions to the Oregon Country
• Letter from N. Wyeth to Mr. F. Ermatinger, dated Green River July 18th 1833

1834

Ham's Fork, NW of present day Granger, WY

Rendezvous included several different camps within ten miles of each other, upstream of the confluence of Ham's Fork and Black's Fork.

Sources

• Ferris, Warren Angus. Life in the Rocky Mountains.
• Newell, Robert. Memoranda: Travels in the Teritory of Missourie.
• Russell, Osborne. Journal of a Trapper.
• Townsend, John Kirk. Across the Rockies to the Columbia.
• Victor, Frances Fuller. The River of the West: Joe Meek's Years in the Rocky Mountains.
• Wyeth, Nathaniel. The Journals of Captain Nathaniel J. Wyeth's Expeditions to the Oregon Country and Selected Letters.

1835

Green River, confluence of Horse Creek, near present-day Pinedale, Wyoming.

Sources

• Newell, Robert. Memoranda: Travels in the Teritory of Missourie.
• Victor, Frances Fuller. The River of the West: Joe Meek's Years in the Rocky Mountains.
• Russell, Osborne. Journal of a Trapper.

1836

Green River, confluence of Horse Creek, near present-day Pinedale, Wyoming.

Sources

• Invoice of Goods, Rocky Mountain Outfit 1836
• Spalding, Henry. Letter from the Rocky Mountains, July 1836
• Victor, Frances Fuller. The River of the West: Joe Meek's Years in the Rocky Mountains.
• Russell, Osborne. Journal of a Trapper.
• Spalding, Eliza. Diary, June 15 - July 6, 1836
• Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss. Letters, June and July, 1836

1837

Green River, confluence of Horse Creek, near present-day Pinedale, Wyoming.

Sources

• Invoice of Goods furnished to Rocky Mountain Outfit, 1837
• Meek, Stephen Hall. The Autobiography of Stephen Hall Meek.
• Newell, Robert. Memoranda: Travels in the Teritory of Missourie.
• Selected Paintings by Alfred Jacob Miller
• Russell, Osborne. Journal of a Trapper.

1838

Confluence of Popo-Agie River and Wind River, near present-day Riverton, Wyoming.

Sources

• Newell, Robert. Memoranda: Travels in the Teritory of Missourie.
• Victor, Frances Fuller. The River of the West: Joe Meek's Years in the Rocky Mountains.
• Russell, Osborne. Journal of a Trapper.

1839

Green River, confluence of Horse Creek, near present-day Pinedale, Wyoming.

Sources

• Newell, Robert. Memoranda: Travels in the Teritory of Missourie.
• Victor, Frances Fuller. The River of the West: Joe Meek's Years in the Rocky Mountains.

1840

Green River, confluence of Horse Creek, near present-day Pinedale, Wyoming.

Sources

• Newell, Robert. Memoranda: Travels in the Teritory of Missourie.
• Victor, Frances Fuller. The River of the West: Joe Meek's Years in the Rocky Mountains.