Red River Free Trappers 1980

The first Mid-America Rendezvous was sponsored by MUZZLELOADER in Mountain View, Arkansas, in 1980. I don't remember who, but someone was offering tintype images, so we posed for one. This is actually a scan of the original image on a piece of tin. The guys pictured were in our local Texarkana buckskinning group known as The Red River Free Trappers.

Left to right front row: Bobby McKellar (aka Young J.B.), Bill Scurlock, Oran Scurlock, Mike Johnson and Keith Tromza. Left to right back row: Rooster Bob McKellar, David Pearce, Richard Henry, John Upton and Bobby "Critter" Cooper.

These guys were a huge help in putting on the rendezvous. That's 30 years ago, guys. What a great time.

Bill Scurlock