Most National Park sites think they are doing well if they have one volunteer organization working with them. Fort Union Trading Post must be doing something right because they have three volunteer organizations affiliated with the site. The first of the volunteer organizations is one that I’ve mentioned before: The Fort Union Muzzle Loaders Association. …
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Visitors Center at Fort Union Trading Post
Tom and I are now fully in the swing of volunteering at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. We have been working for a month already and have learned a lot. One of the places I work frequently is the Visitors Center, so I thought I would describe that and what I do there. …
Amanda Watson, Volunteer Spinning Demonstrator
During Rendezvous, I had the privilege of meeting and working with Amanda Watson. Amanda was camping out as part of the Muzzle Loaders’ group, but she was also spinning and demonstrating during the Rendezvous. Amanda and her husband, Ben, moved to Williston seven years ago at the height of the oil boom. Ben drove oil …
Voyageurs Volunteers: Nick, Jake, and Jake
Now that Tom and I are volunteering in the National Parks again, I decided to add a new category to my blog. So many people have asked me questions about volunteering in the National Parks, but I haven’t really addressed this subject much in the blog. So I am adding a new category called “Volunteering …