{"id":13235,"date":"2011-09-09T03:42:16","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T08:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=13235"},"modified":"2011-09-10T05:34:55","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T10:34:55","slug":"fall-pioneer-days-recreates-nw-ohio-life-back-in-1800s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/09\/09\/fall-pioneer-days-recreates-nw-ohio-life-back-in-1800s\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Pioneer Days recreates life in 1800s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent\/<\/strong>YMCA information<\/em><\/p>\n

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A member of the Jennings Creek Council fires his muzzle-loading musket during the 2011 Spring Rendezvous held at the YMCA's Camp Clay. (VW independent file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Jennings Creek Council and the Van Wert YMCA are again partnering to bring the Van Wert community a fun, interactive re-enactment of how life would have been locally in the early 1800s. The YMCA\u2019s Camp Clay will be the site for the Fall Rendezvous this weekend, September 9-11.<\/p>\n

All are welcome to attend this free community event throughout the weekend. Pre-registered organized school groups are taking parts in events on Friday, September 9, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Jennings Creek Council portrays what life was like in the early 1800s when brave men would travel deep into the American wilderness in search of beaver pelts and other fine furs. If a man was skilled enough to survive the winter trapping season, he would gather his furs and travel many miles to prearranged places called rendezvous, French for \u201cgathering place\u201d. There, they would gather and reunite with their families and exchange their furs for money and supplies. Relaxing in relative safety, the trappers would renew friendships with those not seen over the year. There would be great story telling, singing and dancing and tests of woodsman skills, such as flintlock shooting and tomahawk throwing.<\/p>\n

According to history, these rendezvous were the most important part of the year for the trappers and their families. Whether they were called mountain men, buck skinners, trappers, or voyageurs; they were the forerunners of American history, opening the doors to the unknown, which led to the eventual taming of the land by the flood of pioneers and settlers that followed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Jennings Creek Council re-enactors come from all over Ohio, Michigan and Indiana and are looking forward to being able to again use the YMCA Camp Clay campus for their rendezvous,\u201d said Larry Morrison, JCC president.<\/p>\n

Most everything in the members\u2019 camp areas are period accurate. The camps are allowed to have some modern conveniences; however, those items have to remain hidden during visiting hours. This allows for the most authentic hands-on history teaching and learning experience for visitors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe YMCA is very excited to offer this special event to the Van Wert community,\u201d said YMCA Executive Director Hugh Kocab. \u201cThe pioneer camps will provide some great family fun and a local opportunity to experience life in the 1800s.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Jennings Creek Council and YMCA Camp Clay invite area residents to step back into this colorful period of American history and witness an authentic re-enactment of the trapper rendezvous. The event will be highlighted by black powder muzzleloader competitions, tomahawk and knife throwing, open fire cooking, period games and other demonstration of skills and camp life.\u00a0 This is also a great opportunity to check out the oldest standing wood structure in Van Wert County — the circa 1877 log cabin that was recently brought in to Camp Clay and is being partially restored.<\/p>\n

Information about this and other programs available at Van Wert YMCA Camp Clay can be found by calling the Y at 419.238.0443, visiting its website at www.vwymca.org<\/a>, or by emailing clint@vwymca.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent\/YMCA information The Jennings Creek Council and the Van Wert YMCA are again partnering to bring the Van Wert community a fun, interactive re-enactment of how life would have been locally in the early 1800s. The YMCA\u2019s Camp Clay will be the site for the Fall Rendezvous this weekend, September 9-11. All are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-05 11:21:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}