The Upper Green River Rendezvous Site is a site on the

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above and below

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. On and near this location, roughly around the confluence of the river with Horse Creek, at least five of the 19th-century

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took place. A area was declared a

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in 1961. and

Description and history

The Upper Green River Rendezvous Site is a largely undeveloped rectangular area, roughly centered on the confluence of the Green River and Horse Creek. The area is located south of

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between

and Pinedale, with the only vehicular access provided by a ranch road which crosses the river a short way east of the confluence. The site shows no evidence of the large meetings which took place here in the 19th century. This area is typical of the sites at which the

took place between 1825 and 1840. The rendezvous was an organized meeting point for fur trappers, their suppliers, and the buyers of their products to meet. The meetings were first organized by

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, and brought a sense of organization and structure to the otherwise dispersed fur trapping and trading business. Meetings were held annually, generally centered at some location on the Green River. Five were known to be held near the confluence with Horse Creek, but all of them were sprawling affairs, due to the large number of animals needing water and forage. Although no traces of the rendezvous themselves survive on the site, there is a commemorative marker on a rise overlooking the Horse Creek site, and there are further markers near US 191 at another rendezvous site.

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Upper Green River Rendezvous Site
at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office {{NRHP in Sublette County, Wyoming National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming Geography of Sublette County, Wyoming National Register of Historic Places in Sublette County, Wyoming

Description and history

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