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2004 Annual Trek
June 18-19-20, 2004
Hosted by the Fort Bridger Historial Association
and the Uinta County Historical Society
From the May, 2004 Wyoming History News, Volume 51, Number 3:
FORT BRIDGER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION HOSTS 2004 TREK
Come play with the Fort Bridger Historical Association, the Uinta County Historical Society, and the Uinta County Museum on June 18, 19, and 20. We are not only going to sponsor this summer's State Historical Trek, but we are also celebrating "Old Gabe's" birthday. We will have everything from mountain men to railroad grades, museums to culverts, military to milk barns, and Chinese to Trona.
Registration starts on Friday at the American Legion Hall in Fort Bridger. There will be plenty of choices of things for you to do on your own until the banquet starts that night. You can visit the Trona Museum and Heritage Farm in Lyman or take a walking tour of the town of Bridger or go to the Annual Meeting in the schoolhouse that was built in 1900. That night at the banquet of barbecued pork, you will be treated to a clothing demonstration from life in the 1880's and a speaker.
To celebrate the birth of Jim Bridger, the Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Commission has granted the Fort Bridger Historical Site a "free day" on Saturday, June 19. You are all invited to the party. Come prepared to have good old-fashioned fun. You will see Mountain Men at Bridger's Post, Military at the guardhouse, and immigrants on the parade ground, and get a special tour of the entire site's buildings, renovated museum, and the archaeological dig. After lunch at the picnic grounds, Bobby Bridger will entertain us with a musical rendition of the life of his Uncle Jim. We will board a bus and tour down an original railroad grade where we will see the California and Mormon Trails, the Muddy Gap Crossing, and the kilns, buildings and cemetery of the town of Piedmont. That night there will be another banquet featuring prime rib, chicken, and ham with local entertainment and a featured speaker.
On Sunday, Evanston historians have volunteered to man various sites that you may visit on your own. The sites include the Evanston Roundhouse and Rail yards complex; the Depot Square, which includes the Uinta County Museum, the U.P. Depot, and the Joss House; and Historic Ice Ponds and Bear River Pavilion.
A block of rooms has been requested at the local motels, but call them soon to get your spot reserved.
WAGON WHEEL MOTEL/RV PARK
27O North Main
307-782-6361
Fort Bridger, WY
1-888-228-5475
VALLEY WEST MOTEL
1-80 Business Loop
307-787-3700
Lyman, WY
1-800-884-3700
The rooms at these two places will be held until June 1st.
Prices run about $45.00 for two people in a double room.
KOA CAMPGROUND
1531 Highway 413
307-786-2188
Lyman, WY
FORT BRIDGER RV CAMP
64 Groshon Road
307-782-3150
Fort Bridger, WY
Please plan to come on over to our corner of Wyoming and see these Western sites. The cost for the four meals, the tours and activities is $65.00. Please send trek registrations to Fort Bridger Historical Association, PO, Box 112, Fort Bridger, WY 82933. If you have any questions, call Tisa at 782-3842 or at home at 782-3397.
| FRIDAY, June 18 | |
| 1:00pm - 5:00pm |
Registration - American Legion Post #36 - Fort Bridger, WY Possibilities available for on-your-own activities: Historic walking tour of Fort Bridger town Behind the scenes tour of Fort Bridger State Historic Site Trona Museum - Uinta County Historical Society - Lyman Heritage Barn - Town of Lyman- Lyman |
| 1:00pm | Wyoming Historical Foundation Meeting - Old Fort Bridger Schoolhouse |
| 2:00pm - 5:00pm | WSHS Executive Board Meeting - Old Fort Bridger Schoolhouse |
| 5:00pm | No-host Bar and Social Hour - American Legion Hall |
| 6:00pm | Dinner - Legion Hall; Clothing Demonstration & Speaker |
| SATURDAY, June 19 | |
| 7:00am - 8:00am |
Registration - Picnic grounds of Fort Bridger Site Breakfast |
| 8:00am | Welcome - Linda Byers, Site Superintendent |
| 8:00am - Noon | Tours: Ft. Bridger State Historic Site (as never seen before), Piedmont kilns & old railroad grade |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 1:00pm | Bobby Bridger - "Ballad of the West" |
| 2:00pm - 6:00pm | Tours resume |
| 7:00pm |
Dinner at Bon Rico Family Restaurant in Lyman; Local entertainment & Speaker |
| SUNDAY, June 20 | |
| 9:00am - 1:00pm |
Uinta County Museum hosted activities Self - transported tours of: Evanston Roundhouse and Railyards (includes roundhouses, newly renovated machine shop, and rides on the turntable) Depot Square (Uinta County Museum, U.P. Depot, & Joss House Museum) Historic Ice Ponds and Bear River Pavilion |
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