Upcoming events for the 150th Anniversary Celebration of
Fort Garland

.September 13-14, 2008 

Fandango

re-enacting a Fandango (Spanish dance)

held at the Fort in 1860 in commemoration of George Washington's birthday.  

 “Hispano culture and food will be

the order of the day.”

http://www.fortgarlandmuseumfriends.com/calendar.htm 

The 2008 Rendezvous will host the Annual Spanish Colonial Art show, a juried show with Colorado and New Mexico’s most celebrated Spanish colonial artists demonstrating their techniques and selling their work. Famous artists such as Charlie Carrillo, Cathrine Robles Shaw, Jimmy Trujillo, Teresa Duran, and Jose Esquibel are just a few mentioned of the celebrated artists demonstrating and selling their retablos, bultos, tin work and encrusted straw appliqué.

It will also include include colorful Mountain Men and Women trappers and traders selling their wares including buckskin period dress, trade silver, flintlock guns, and beaver skin hats in a recreated authentic 1830s Rendezvous encampment.  Enjoy mountain man competitions including the tomahawk throw, and a black powder shoot.
 

Bring your kids into the Lakota Teepee where there will be face painting, and an interactive wampum bead making table for kids to make his/her own necklaces.

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science will be bringing an interactive exhibit for kids and parents to learn about the many artifacts the mountain men and Indian tribes used in their daily life during the fur trade era.  Adults and children can interact with 1830’s era interpreters, listen to educational speakers and participate in hands-on educational activities designed to learn about the rich culture and way of life in the Early West.

New this year is the San Isidro Farmers Market with chile roasters, roasted lamb, fresh from the farm vegetables, specially made Sissy bear honey, local artisanal cheeses, fresh corn, squash, Spanish pottery, hot kettle corn and much more. 

The public is welcome to enjoy, food,
music, fun all weekend long.

http://www.tesorofoundation.org/Calendar.html