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areas in together and, at the
same time, you can have a
lot of fun with the kids. And I
think they learn more,
because it’s not formal.”
The research involved also
teaches students to use a
library.
“If you read about history,
it’s interesting,” Hopfer con-
tinued. ‘But if you live his-
tory, it’s unreal. It over-
whelms you. Because for the
first time ever, you can
understand why people did
what they did.”
The highlight of a bucksin-
ner’s year is when he attends
a rendezvous. Two hundred
years ago, he attended once a
year, once every four years
— whenever he could. It was
his link to civilization, a
place to see and be seen, a
place to trade for crucial
goods such as steel or gun-
powder which he couldn’t
find or make for himself in
the wilds.
Today’s buckskinners pay
tribute to those who came
before at these meetings,
modeled as closely as possi-
ble after the real thing. Some
rendezvous, which may last
two days, two weeks, or
longer, draw thousands of
people, all with at least two
things in common: a love of
history and an intense desire
to relive it exactly as it
happened. In fact, those who
are not in perioddress can get
in only at certain times to
look around. These visitors
are called '‘pilgrims.”
Buckskinners were primar-
ily trappers and beaver was
their game. The fashions of
the day called for beaver
trim, beaver lining, hats, and
other uses.
Hopfer and Robbins are
hunters also, and are mem-
bers of the Pennsylvania
Federation of Longhunters
and the National Muzzleload-
ing Rifle Association. How-
ever, they are quick to point
out that buckskinners nowa-
days aren’t necessarily hunt-
ers and may not not even
own a gun.
Many who own the period
longrifles never shoot them
except in competition, which
is a big part of rendezvous.
Contestants may try to put
out a candle flame — with
the candle hidden under a
sack; they may try to split a
ball by shooting at an ax
blade. They may undergo a
sort of survival course where
silhouettes of Indians, bears
or deer pop up unexpectedly.
“Sort of a primitive form of
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There’s even a contest to
see who can start a fire
fastest using flint and steel.
Although matches were
invented before 1840, they
didn’t reach the frontier until
later, said Hopfer. So, no
matches allowed at a rendez-
vous.
Both Hopfer and Robbins
highly recommend the sport
(yes, buckskinning is a sport)
for relaxation.
‘Anybody that’s got a high-
pressure job, all you have to
do is go to a rendezvous for a
weekend and you'll lose your-
self,” said Robbins. “You're
back in the 1800's! ‘Cause
there’s nothing there to
remind you of ‘modern.’
Nothing whatsoever.”
Robbins who, in addition to
his regular job works as a
volunteer fireman and
ambulance driver (as does
Hopfer) and is a Noxen
Township constable, plans to
retire in February. Then he’ll
really make the rounds of the
various rendezvous held
throughout the country.
Recently, his wife Viola went
with him to one, fell in love
with it, and plans to go again.
She would like to have a
white buckskin dress a
female buckskinner wore and
Robbins intends to get her
one.
There’s only one fly in the
ointment for the local buck-
skinners and it’s the fact that
they’re having a hard time
drumming up area interest.
Rendezvous aren’t held near
the Wyoming Valley area
because there’s no local club
to sponsor them. The men
must travel to Harrisburg or
farther to attend and mingle
with others who share their
interest.
‘You have to experience
it,”” Hopfer said, trying to
explain the local lack of
interest. “I think if we had a
club going...we could get
quite a few more people
interested in the sport itself.”
Another complication is
that the game commissioner
won’t allow hunting in primi-
tive clothing. The required
flourescent orange just isn’t
part of the outfit. In some
places, however, designated
primitive hunting areas are
available.
For the past two years, the
two have attended in full
buckskin dress Tunkhan-
nock’s ‘Pioneer Days’ and
found interest there. But
that’s only once a year.
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Hopfer characterizes buck-
skinners as ‘‘very open, typi-
cally very outgoing people”
who are willing to help begin-
ners or are eager to swap
information and skills.
He says he’s seen newborns
to 85-year-olds at rendezvous.
‘You're never too young or
too old for this sport,” he
said. “You can never know
enough, or be too ignorant,
for this sport.’’
Those interested can find a
wealth of information on the
subject in libraries. Robbins
and Hopfer recommend ‘The
Mountain Man,’”’ a movie
starring Charlton Heston and
Brian Keith, as a very
authentic representation of
the buckskinner. So are the
first two installments of
“Centennial,” they say.
Contest open
Applications are now being
accepted from all over the Key-
stone State for the Miss Penn-
sylvania Teen U.S.A. Pageant to
be staged in Monroeville, Penn-
sylvania. The three-day event
will be presented in the Grand
Ballroom of the high rise
Howard Johnson’s Hotel on Feb-
ruary 5, 6 and 7, 1987. The Miss
Pennsylvania Teen U.S.A. pag-
eant is an Official Miss Teen
U.S.A. Contest.
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