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Schedule of Events for 2008-2010


This is a partial listing of major events currently scheduled
for the Topographical Engineers for 2008-2010


Sept 11
2008
Hale Farm.  Surveyor's Rendezvous 2008, Ohio.  "Latitudes Using the Zenith Telescope of Wurdemann and the Talcott Method."  Don Erickson.
For information, call: Mike Besch, (330) 972-7059 or see Surveyor's Historical Society.

Sept 19 - 21
2008

Battle of Chickamauga.  Walker County, Georgia.  see www.battleofchickamauga.net  for information.
Oct 11 - 12
2008
Fur Trade Encampment.  Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, La Junta, Colorado. 
For information, call:  Bent's  Old  Fort NHS, 719-383-5010

Dec 5 - 6
2008
An 1846 Christmas.  Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, La Junta, Colorado. 
For information, call:  Bent's  Old  Fort NHS, 719-383-5010

Jan 23 - 25
 2009

First Federal Division Congress.  Hilton St Louis Airport, St Louis, Missouri.
May 1
2009

"Day on the Prairie" Timeline Event.  Washington County Schools, Akron, Colorado.
May 2
2009

Fort Lupton Heritage Fair.  Historic Fort Lupton Park, Fort Lupton, Colorado.
May 16 - 17
2009
Conner Prairie Civil War Event.  Conner Prairie Living History Museum, Indiana.  
For information, see the Conner Prairie website.

June 4 - 7
2009
Living History Encampment.  Training courses for educators and interpreters. Two hours college credit available.  Military camps of instruction for officers of topographical engineers, dragoons, and associated civilian contract workers.  (Further information and application)  (article about 2007 event)  Training for civilians in trade, smithing, carpentry, trapping, etc.  Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, La Junta, Colorado. 
For information, call:  Bent's  Old  Fort NHS, 719-383-5010 or 719-383-5023

June 28 - 
July 4
2009

Topog Practicum.  Expedition in Wyoming on horseback with wagons.  Closed event.
Aug 1
2009

Hamill House.  Georgetown, Colorado.  Closed event.  303-979-2213 for information.
Aug 18 - 22
2009
Oregon - California Trails Association Convention.  "Road from Fort Riley to Bridger Pass". Don Erickson and Kevin Reddy. Larimer County Fairgrounds and Events Complex, Loveland, Colorado.
For information call:  OCTA (816) 252-2276 or view website.

Sept 5
2009
Kit Carson's 200th Anniversary Parade and Bent Lodge's 100th Anniversary Open House and BBQ.  Taos, New Mexico.  
For information call Kit Carson Home and Museum, 575-758-4945.

Oct 2 - 4
2009

Las Golondrinas Mexican War event. 
Oct 9 - 11
2009
Fur Trade Encampment.  Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, La Junta, Colorado. 
For information, call:  Bent's  Old  Fort NHS, 719-383-5010

Dec 4 - 6
2009
An 1846 Christmas.  Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, La Junta, Colorado. 
For information, call:  Bent's  Old  Fort NHS, 719-383-5010

May 1 - 2
2010
Fort Lupton Heritage Fair.  Historic Fort Lupton Park, Fort Lupton, Colorado.


May 27-30
2010
Elko Trail Days. Elko Nevada. "The Road from Camp Floyd to Genoa - the route of the Pony Express". Don Erickson and Kevin Reddy. California National Historic Trail Interpretive Center. Elko, Nevada.
For information call: 775-753-0213

June 4-5
2010
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, 50th Anniversary. La Junta, Colorado.
For information, call:  Bent's  Old  Fort NHS, 719-383-5010

July 23-25
2010
First Federal Division Staff/Command/Courier Training Camp. St. Louis, Missouri.
For information, see the First Federal Division website.
August 6-8
2010
Ft Stanton Live. Living history event at Ft Stanton, New Mexico.
August 14-15
2010
Military Weekend. Ft. Laramie NHS, Ft. Laramie, Wyoming.
For information, contact Ft. Laramie NHS (307) 837-2221.
Sept 16-17
2010

Surveyor's Rendezvous 2010.  Chattanooga, Tennessee.  "Expeditionary Mapping, 1838 - 1860". Don Erickson; "Mapping with Old Rosey (Union General William Rosecrans)". Don Teter; "Jed Hotchkiss, Stonewall Jackson’s Topographical Engineer  and Maker of the Map of the Valley". Evan Castle; "Union Mapping During the Civil War (including an overview of techniques and equipment to be used in the afternoon field exercises)"; Bob Mergel and Don Tackett. Topographical Engineer mapping competition.
Oct 2-3
2010
Las Golondrinas Mexican War Event. Las Golondrinas, New Mexico.
Oct 16 and 23
2010
Littleton Historical Museum. Littleton, Colorado. (Tentative)
For information, call (303) 795-3711

Nov 10-14
2010
Twin Rivers Campaign. Collierville, Tennessee.
For more information, visit the First Federal Division website.

Dec 3-5
2010
An 1846 Christmas.  Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, La Junta, Colorado. 
For information, call:  Bent's  Old  Fort NHS, 719-383-5010

2010
TBA

150th Anniversary of the Northwest Boundary Survey

 

 

 

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