CARLSBORG — In the foothills above Carlsborg, time turned backward this weekend for the annual Green River Mountain Men Rendezvous hosted by the Peninsula Long Rifle Association on Saturday and Sunday.
About 100 flintlock rifle enthusiasts, archers, craftsmen, and period re-enactors settled in a clearing for the weekend, re-creating a trading post meeting, circa 1820-1840.
A grizzled 81-year-old dressed in buckskins who called himself “Ram” shared stories of hiking in the back country with an American Indian guide, as groups of “flat-landers” listened raptly and took pictures with him.
Ram first joined the re-enactments more than 40 years ago, he said.
“It began as an interest, then became a hobby. Now it’s a way of life. All of these people are my family.
