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PHOTOS: Wild Horse Rendezvous

MONTE TURNER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 5 months AGO
by MONTE TURNER
Mineral Independent | May 28, 2025 12:00 AM

PHOTOS: Wild Horse Rendezvous

    Women participate in the knife and tomahawk throwing as well as the pistol and flintlock shooting on the firing range. It may be called the Sapphire Mountain Men Wild Horse Rendezvous, but it is a big family event up Sawmill Gulch every Memorial Day weekend. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
 
 


    Father and son Matt and Alexander Deen run their trading post at the Wild Horse Rendezvous. All items were locally produced and are used in reenactments all over the country. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
 
 


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