Fort Connah plans Rendezvous

The Fort Connah Restoration Society is organizing at Father’s Day Weekend Rendezvous, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. June 17-18.

Weekend activities kick off with opening ceremonies at noon Saturday. Books signings and talks by Joe McDonald and Bob Bigart on Fort Connah history (Saturday only), novelist and McDonald descendent Alix Christie, and Carolyn Corey are on tap from 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Free wagon rides, a Native American food tent, living history demonstrations, black-powder shoots, a bake sale, guided walks to Angus McDonald’s cemetery, and a Children’s Candy Cannon Shoot are also part of festivities. Admission is free.

Primitive camp traders set up their displays Thursday and Friday.

Fort Connah is located six miles north or St. Ignatius on Hwy. 93. For more information call 406-745-4336 or email 4winds@blackfoot.net.