ANNUAL EVENTS

BOZEMAN TRAIL DAYS
140TH ANNIVERSARY WAGON BOX FIGHT
JUNE 15-17, 2007

HEADQUARTERED AT FORT PHIL KEARNY
NEAR STORY, WYOMING

Hosted by Wyoming State Parks and Historic Sites

Friday, June 15, 2007

HOLIDAY INN - SHERIDAN, WY
SYMPOSIUM

• 5:30pm - 6:30pm:  No Host Visitor Introduction

• Dinner:  Fee:  $20.00

• 7pm - 10pm:  Speaking Program - "The Wagon Box Fight: from a Native American, Archaeologist, and Historian's Perspective"

  • Sequoia Crosswhite - Lakota Nation

  • Mark Miller - Wyoming State Archaeologist

  • Sonny Reisch - Historian & Curator Forts Phil Kearny/Fetterman and Connor Battlefield

Saturday, June 16, 2007

FORT PHIL KEARNY STATE HISTORIC SITE - EXIT 44, INTERSTATE 90 SITE ACTIVITIES

• 8am - 6pm:  Site opens, Program Distribution Guided Parking

• 8:30am:  Flag Raising, Living History Units

• 9:00am:  Wagon Display, Description, (How Wagons Used to Haul Wood, escort, contract employees, removal of box, livestock used) FPK Staff
• 10:00am:  Weapons Orientation, (Change of weapons, Military and Native American, between Fetterman and Wagon Box Fight, firing demonstrations) KFR
• 11:00am:  Mountain Howitzer Demonstration (Towing, dismounting, loading firing, types of ammunition, crew at fort etc) KFR
• 12:00-1:00pm:  Lunch - Food Service including Sandwiches, Cool/Hot Drinks, Beer, Refreshments
• 1:00pm:  Tactical Drill Demonstration (Difference between open field fighting and fixed position, moving from marching to fighting, the program will demonstrate tactics used by both cultures) Co. I-KFR-Michael Terry and Arapaho Tribal Members
• 3:00pm:  Women's Dress (Every Dress, Evening/Tea Dress and etiquette) Co. I, Sylvia, Joann, Rebecca
• 4.00pm:  Period Entertainment (Dance, Card Playing, Tea's, Case System, Music)  Question and Answer for Days Programs, group demonstrations, guest/presenter socialization
• 5:00pm:  Flag Lowering Ceremony
• 5:30pm:  Dinner. - Food Service including Full Dinner Menu, Cool/Hot Drinks, Beer, Refreshments
• 6:00pm:  Lakota Dance and Music Interpretation- Sequoia Crosswhite, Flute Music
• 6:30pm:  Dance - Live Period Music, Instruction, and Dance Calls

Sunday, June 17, 2007

FORT PHIL KEARNY STATE HISTORIC SITE - EXIT 44, INTERSTATE 90 SITE ACTIVITIES

• 8am - 6pm:  Site opens, Program Distribution Guided Parking

• 8:30am:  Flag Raising, Living History Unit

• 10am - 2pm: Wagon Box and Block House Tour - Staff (Tour showing Wood Road, Block Houses, Wagon Box Fight Interpretation, side tours to Little Piney Camp, Wishart corral, Weapons Demonstration for both Military and Native Americans)  Breakfast Snack, Drinks, and Lunch provided  Fee:  $15.00

On Going Activities Through 15-17 June

• 9:00-11:00:  Tour Native American Encampment and Culture - Sat June 16 - Michael Terry and Associates,  Fee:  $5.00 Adults, $2.50 10 and under

• 3:00-5:00:  Tour Native American Encampment and Culture - Sat June 16 - Michael Terry and Associates,  Fee:  $5.00 Adults, $2.50 10 and under

• 9:00-11:00:  Tour Native American Encampment and Culture - Sun June 17- Michael Terry and Associates,  Fee:  $5.00 Adults, $2.50 10 and under

The Native American Encampment will include a full tour of a Historically accurate Indian Family encampment with interpretation and a regalia/artifact program presented by Michael "Bad Hand" Terry.

• 8:30-12:00:  Sat June 16 - Living History Encampment - CoI,5th Cav,3rd Inf, KFR, Colorado Artillery (Sutler, Officer and Enlisted men Tenting, Civilian, Doctor, Art,Inf,Cav Demonstrations.

• 1:00-5:00:  Sat June 16 - Living History Encampment - CoI,5th Cav,3rd Inf, KFR, Colorado Artillery (Sutler, Officer and Enlisted men Tenting, Civilian, Doctor, Art,Inf,Cav Demonstrations.

• 8:30-12:00:  Sun June 17 - Living History Encampment - CoI,5th Cav,3rd Inf, KFR, Colorado Artillery (Sutler, Officer and Enlisted men Tenting, Civilian, Doctor, Art,Inf,Cav Demonstrations.

The Living History Encampment will include interpreted exhibits of Officer's, Enlisted Men's, and Civilian's living quarters and contents; weapons discussions, Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry interpretation of weapons, equipment, living conditions, etc.  These demonstrations will be ongoing throughout Saturday and Sunday Morning.

Kids Games - To include sack races, roping, croquet, and others

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR
DIRECTIONS, CALL 307-684-7687

SCHEDULE OF FORT PHIL KEARNY EVENTS
(Buffalo, Sheridan, Big Horn, Story, Kaycee, Dayton, Ranchester)

(NOT ALL EVENTS ARE LISTED, PLEASE CONTACT EACH COMMUNTY'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR COMPLETE EVENT DETAILS)

June 15-17, 2007 – Bozeman Trail Days – Fort Phil Kearny, Sheridan, Theme: 140^th Anniversary of the Wagon Box Fight, Symposium with Historian, Archaeologist, and Native American Speaker.  Living History Encampment, KFR, Co I, 3^rd Inf., 5^th Cav. Civilians and a Native American Encampment under Michael Terry and Assistants. www.philkearny.vcn.com, www.bozemantrail.org

June 23, 2007 – Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum Living History Days:  Vendors, Speakers, Programs, and Displays address the history of Johnson County from Native Americans to Basque Sheepman.  Dancing, Artillery, weapons demonstrations, food, drink and museum addition tour.  www.jimgatchell.com

July 4, 2007 – Connor Battlefield Historic 4^th of July Celebration, food, dance, music, and more.

August 2, 2007 – 140^th Wagon Box Tour on anniversary day, 7:30 pm at the Wagon Box Site.  Living History Demonstration of weapons and uniforms, tours to side camps, Wishart Corral and other related sites.  www.philkearny.vcn.com

August 10,11 2007 – Fort Fetterman, Douglas, State Fair Encampment and Parade, Living History Programs, Demonstrations, Tactics, Drill, Period Camp, Horse Drawn Artillery, Cavalry.

August 24, 2007 – Story Days, Vendors, Parade, Demonstrations, Live Artillery Shoot.

December 2, 2007 – Buffalo Christmas Parade, 5:30pm, Kearny Frontier Regulars Parade Participation, old west parade, chili supper, Christmas Shopping Spree.  www.buffalowyo.com

December 21, 2007 – 141^st Anniversary of the Fetterman Fight, Fort Phil Kearny tour at 9:30 of activities in 1866, carpool to battlefield, tour through site to combatant positions, attack avenues, weapons, uniform, tactics, and drill demonstrations followed by hot drinks and snacks, questions and answers at Interpretive Center.  Tour is given whatever the weather conditions.  www.philkearny.vcn.com

CONTACTS AND LOCATIONS

     Fort Phil Kearny is located between Sheridan and Buffalo.  It can be reached by taking exit 44 of Interstate 90 and following the brown and white historic directional signing.  The site is open 8 to 6 Daily May 15 – Sept 30. or 12 to 4, Wednesday – Sunday October 1 to May 14.  We can be reached at rwilso@state.wy.us or sreisc@state.wy.us, our web page is http://www.philkearny.vcn.com/, and our address is 528 Wagon Box Road, Banner, WY  82832  Phone is (307)684-7629 or fax is 7967.

     Fort Fetterman is 7 miles NW of Douglas WY; it is open Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day Weekend, 9 to 5 daily.  The address is 752 Highway 93, Douglas, WY 82633, Phone number is (307) 358-2864 or in the winter (307) 684-7629, email address rwilso@state.wy.us.

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