2009 Trapper’s Territorial Rendezvous
Our encampment July 15th to the 18th was located 9 miles Southeast of Plummer, ID in a very lush valley that had a small creek flowing down through it with daisy’s growing everywhere. The hill where we parked our vehicles presented an awesome picture of a village during the day and a beautiful picture at night. Our location allowed for some who wanted to drive down to Moscow, ID to Moscow Hide & Fur or up to Cabalas’, both within one hour’s drive. We had Lake Coeur d’Alene just twenty minutes to the North of us for swimming on the hot days that we had. The tree cover was a little short; they could have been taller for more shade. But I am thankful To Stimson Lumber Co. for allowing us to use their land and to Lloyd Fillis who worked for them to make the contact.
As Paul Walters can tell you, before this event happened I had doubts about wanting to stay as Rep because of previous Rendezvous where the attendances were very poor. As Paul continued to encourage me, the numbers started to climb. Our total number of participants was 50, still small compared to other Territorial’s. The Chapter attendance break down was exciting, for the first time Washakie was in attendance with five to include their Dist. Comdr., Chapter President and three Young Bucks’ The other Chapter’s in attendance was Hudson Bay with six, Little Big Horn with nine, Jim Bridger with twelve, and Marcus Whitman with eighteen to include the speaker. Another exciting highlight was having twenty-one Young Bucks present; I don’t remember a time when we had that many attending. Our total Old Timer’s number was twenty-nine; we almost had a ratio of one to one.
Our speaker, Pastor Dennis Noble, (his son is Jason Noble the Nat. Children’s Dir.), challenged our hearts and he himself was very touched by the number of Young Bucks’ in attendance. Evangelist Dan Womack (No Map) also challenged our hearts by relating how God healed his body, so that he could continue his ministry. We had men and boys whose lives God has restored, called to full time ministry, and not all of the reports have come in yet. That is my whole desire, is that the Holy Spirit will come and manifest Himself in a real old fashion way. In this present day we need to have the power that the Holy Ghost is willing to give, if we just release ourselves to receive Him. The worship time could have been better, but I didn’t really have someone experienced in that area.
Our National Scout testing included the Jim Bridger’s Scout Nathaniel Wilson (Two Step) and Marcus Whitman’s Scout David DeHaan (Rawhide Badger). The Trapper’s Territorial National Scout is Rawhide Badger, David DeHaan and our Territorial Scout is Two Step, Nathaniel Wilson. These two young men are great young men of God and very active in their local Outpost and Church.
At the 2007 Territorial a member of the Little Big Horn Chapter presented me with the concept of having one central kitchen for the members to come and have their meals already prepared, this would be less gear that attendees would have to bring. We passed the idea around and it was received very well, so Buck Hart cooked our meals. We had some awesome meals but the six or seven Dutch oven cobblers that were available after the evening services were just plain good eating.
The competitive events were a hot item. Something that I have to do different is to get more prizes, as just having Buckskin and Wilderness members providing the prizes is not enough. The event winners were;
Event Young Bucks Old Timers
Range: Micah Peterson Bill Zerby
Trail Walk: Tim Garrigus Dave Williams
Hawk Throw: Nathaniel Wilson Paul Sulik
Knife Throw: Joe Stanley Dave Williams
Flint & Steel: Julian Thorne Dave Williams
Outfit: Nathaniel Wilson Larry Renney
This is the first camp that I have done where members were already talking about the Rendezvous in 2011 should the Lord tarry. There was a lot of talk about doing a joint Rendezvous somewhere on the Green River in Wyoming where an original Rendezvous took place. By the end of camp excitement had grown to where we are looking at possibly doing one in Wyoming on the Fort Jim Bridger site. Our Chapter President from Washakie (Stumpy) John Angwin will be looking into the possibility of that happening. Praise the Lord for the excitement that is being generated for the next event. A number of the members have requested that we have classes available at the next one. We have in the Marcus Whitman Chapter a member who feels that he can organize a trip and another member who is available to drive a big tour bus. Others members throughout the Territory want to be kept informed.
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2009 Trapper’s Territorial Rendezvous
Our encampment July 15th to the 18th was located 9 miles Southeast of Plummer, ID in a very lush valley that had a small creek flowing down through it with daisy’s growing everywhere. The hill where we parked our vehicles presented an awesome picture of a village during the day and a beautiful picture at night. Our location allowed for some who wanted to drive down to Moscow, ID to Moscow Hide & Fur or up to Cabalas’, both within one hour’s drive. We had Lake Coeur d’Alene just twenty minutes to the North of us for swimming on the hot days that we had. The tree cover was a little short; they could have been taller for more shade. But I am thankful To Stimson Lumber Co. for allowing us to use their land and to Lloyd Fillis who worked for them to make the contact.
As Paul Walters can tell you, before this event happened I had doubts about wanting to stay as Rep because of previous Rendezvous where the attendances were very poor. As Paul continued to encourage me, the numbers started to climb. Our total number of participants was 50, still small compared to other Territorial’s. The Chapter attendance break down was exciting, for the first time Washakie was in attendance with five to include their Dist. Comdr., Chapter President and three Young Bucks’ The other Chapter’s in attendance was Hudson Bay with six, Little Big Horn with nine, Jim Bridger with twelve, and Marcus Whitman with eighteen to include the speaker. Another exciting highlight was having twenty-one Young Bucks present; I don’t remember a time when we had that many attending. Our total Old Timer’s number was twenty-nine; we almost had a ratio of one to one.
Our speaker, Pastor Dennis Noble, (his son is Jason Noble the Nat. Children’s Dir.), challenged our hearts and he himself was very touched by the number of Young Bucks’ in attendance. Evangelist Dan Womack (No Map) also challenged our hearts by relating how God healed his body, so that he could continue his ministry. We had men and boys whose lives God has restored, called to full time ministry, and not all of the reports have come in yet. That is my whole desire, is that the Holy Spirit will come and manifest Himself in a real old fashion way. In this present day we need to have the power that the Holy Ghost is willing to give, if we just release ourselves to receive Him. The worship time could have been better, but I didn’t really have someone experienced in that area.
Our National Scout testing included the Jim Bridger’s Scout Nathaniel Wilson (Two Step) and Marcus Whitman’s Scout David DeHaan (Rawhide Badger). The Trapper’s Territorial National Scout is Rawhide Badger, David DeHaan and our Territorial Scout is Two Step, Nathaniel Wilson. These two young men are great young men of God and very active in their local Outpost and Church.
At the 2007 Territorial a member of the Little Big Horn Chapter presented me with the concept of having one central kitchen for the members to come and have their meals already prepared, this would be less gear that attendees would have to bring. We passed the idea around and it was received very well, so Buck Hart cooked our meals. We had some awesome meals but the six or seven Dutch oven cobblers that were available after the evening services were just plain good eating.
The competitive events were a hot item. Something that I have to do different is to get more prizes, as just having Buckskin and Wilderness members providing the prizes is not enough. The event winners were;
Event Young Bucks Old Timers
Range: Micah Peterson Bill Zerby
Trail Walk: Tim Garrigus Dave Williams
Hawk Throw: Nathaniel Wilson Paul Sulik
Knife Throw: Joe Stanley Dave Williams
Flint & Steel: Julian Thorne Dave Williams
Outfit: Nathaniel Wilson Larry Renney
This is the first camp that I have done where members were already talking about the Rendezvous in 2011 should the Lord tarry. There was a lot of talk about doing a joint Rendezvous somewhere on the Green River in Wyoming where an original Rendezvous took place. By the end of camp excitement had grown to where we are looking at possibly doing one in Wyoming on the Fort Jim Bridger site. Our Chapter President from Washakie (Stumpy) John Angwin will be looking into the possibility of that happening. Praise the Lord for the excitement that is being generated for the next event. A number of the members have requested that we have classes available at the next one. We have in the Marcus Whitman Chapter a member who feels that he can organize a trip and another member who is available to drive a big tour bus. Others members throughout the Territory want to be kept informed.
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