U. S. CORPS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS

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 Hale Farm.  Surveyor's Rendezvous 2008, Ohio.  "Latitudes Using the Zenith Telescope of Wurdemann and the Talcott Method."  
For information, call: Mike Besch, (330) 972-7059 or see Surveyor's Historical Society.
Sept 19 - 21 Battle of Chickamauga.  Walker County, Georgia.  see www.battleofchickamauga.net  for information.
Oct 11 - 12 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 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 "Day on the Prairie" Timeline Event.  Washington County Schools, Akron, Colorado.
May 2 Fort Lupton Heritage Fair.  Historic Fort Lupton Park, Fort Lupton, Colorado.
May 16 - 17 Conner Prairie Civil War Event.  Conner Prairie Living History Museum, Indiana.  
For information, see the Conner Prairie website.
June 4 - 7 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
Topog Practicum.  Expedition in Wyoming on horseback with wagons.  Closed event.
Aug 1 Hamill House.  Georgetown, Colorado.  Closed event.  303-979-2213 for information.
Aug 18 - 22 Oregon - California Trails Association Convention.  "Road from Fort Riley to Bridger Pass" 
Larimer County Fairgrounds and Events Complex, Loveland, Colorado.
For information call:  OCTA (816) 252-2276 or view website.
Sept 5 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 Las Golondrinas Mexican War event.  (tentative)
Oct 9 - 11 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 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
Surveyor's Rendezvous 2010.  Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Topographical Engineer mapping competition.
2010
TBA
150th Anniversary of the Northwest Boundary Survey

 

 

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