Howdy and Welcome Back to Wild West Deep Dives, this is Part 2 of our Deep Dive into the Life and Legend of Joe Meek.
In this episode, we follow Joe Meek as he takes his first real steps into the wild frontier. The year was 1829, and the fur trade was booming. Meek joined a company of seasoned mountain men and adventurers, each hungry for profit and eager for glory. Together, they headed toward the famed 1829 Rendezvous—an annual gathering where trappers, traders, and Native nations came together in a spectacle of commerce, revelry, and survival. It was here that Joe Meek learned what it meant to be a trapper, tested his grit against the challenges of the wilderness, and began to build the reputation that would carry him into legend.
Sources;
Joe Meek, The Merry Mountain Man, A Biography, by Stanley Vestal
The River of the West, by Frances Fuller Victor
Joe Meek, Man of the West, by Shannon Garst
https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/meek_joseph_l_1810_1875_/
https://www.history.co.uk/article/remembering-joseph-meek-the-magnificent-mountain-man
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/joseph-lafayette-meek/
https://medium.com/@TomBremer/joe-meek-in-yellowstone-1829-7f5379293bfa
Article by Thomas S. Bremer
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-williamsublette/
Info on William Sublette