Another beautiful day here at the TP. Getting ready for fathers day, Hopefully we will have a good crowd as we have a good gun fight planned.
Yesterday we had a 86 year old gentleman come by and spend some time with us. He was very interesting and could tell some amazing stories. He used to be a horse trainer but decided to stop that about six years ago. But he does the most amazing bead work. Just like the Native Americans used to do, with the tiny seed beads. He left several items on consignment with us. Some brackets, chokers, bolos ties, bags and even a gun scabbard. Some really beautiful stuff you all will have to come by and see it. He might come and spend some weekends with us demonstrating how he does his work and telling stories. I hope he does and I will keep you posted as to when he will be here.
Eleeshea
The White Mountain Trading Post is a FREE living history museum in south central Colorado, in the town of Fort Garland. We do daily gunfights during the summer as well as many reenactments of traditional arts and crafts such as blacksmithing, spinning, silver working, flint knapping, soap making and a host of others. We are all volunteers and we are constantly looking for more people of all ages and interests to help us preserve history.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
6-8-2012
We have a field trip from Denver coming out the 13th. So we are getting ready for it all. 55 kids, two hours and everyone gets to ride a horse! We did one last Wednesday as well with slightly fewer kids. It was a little crazy but went fairly well. So hopefully the bugs will all be worked out and this one will go off without a hitch. If anyone is in the area stop by there will be lots of tour guides and lots of activities.
Friday, June 1, 2012
6-1-2012
Hey there!!! It looks like it is going to be another beautiful day. Summer officially started for us last weekend and we are now doing daily gunfights and horse rides. We are getting a lot more local consignments and some of it is really neat stuff. A lady came by today wanting to set up a bake and refreshment table on the weekends! Hope she does, but the volunteers might buy more than the tourists!
Our blacksmith is still in Phoenix at a wedding so he hasn't started up the forge yet but we are expecting him soon.
We have almost had some catastrophes in our gunfights that you all are missing out on. Elisha Robertson was playing Wild Bill in a skit the other day and he left his gun strapped down! So when he went to shoot he almost shot his leg! Even though we don't use real bullets the powder in the blanks will burn pretty good. Every show an adventure!
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