Photos – Fur Trade Brigade Encampment, Fort Nisqually, Tacoma WA
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (35) – The Fur Brigade entering Fort Nisqually.
Fur Trade Brigade Encampment at Fort Nisqually, Tacoma, Washington, USA.
Re-enactors gathered at Fort Nisqually August 13-14 for a two day re-enactment encampment. People in replica period costumes camped out in tents, cooked their meals and demonstrated many aspects of the fur trade lifestyle in Oregon in the 1855 period. Re-enactors cane from the Western USA and from British Columbia, Canada.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (3) – Outside the Factor’s House.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (4) – Sawing wood.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (7) – Sartorial elegance … on the frontier.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (9) – A bastion of Fort Nisqually.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (10)
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (11) – In camp, at rest.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (15) – An umbrella with legs.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (17) – What you got to trade eh? (Lisa Peppan)
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (21) – Sue Morhun relaxing at her tent.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (29) – The Fur Brigade coming up from the river.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (30) – Where is dat man ‘o mine. I whup his ass good for leaving me with no money!”
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (35) – The Fur Brigade entering Fort Nisqually.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (51) – Fur Brigade leader.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (55) Sue Morhun welcoming a new recruit for the Fur Brigade.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (58)
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (61) “Who wants to join us and become rich with beaver pelts?”
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (62) “Ah, you dere, you look like you could paddle a canoe all day! How about joining us?”
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (65) – Colin Barrett, piper.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (75) – Carrying water in a race.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (81) – Starting fire with flint and steel. He succeeded,
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (87) – Setting a beaver trap.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (91) – Another contestant carrying water in the race.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (99) – Splitting shakes during the race.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (101) – Throwing the tomahawk during the race.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (104) – Putting the supplies into the Large Store.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (107) – Sue Morhun.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (112) – Contract signing time.
Fort Nisqually Brigade Days 2016 AUG (102) Maid in the shade
