This weekend’s historic celebration at Fort Atkinson begins early for hundreds of northeast Iowa schoolkids ... head to the old fort for the annual rendezvous and re-creation of its history.

James Clarke became governor of the Iowa Territory in November 1845 ... are open to the public in late September during the Fort Atkinson Rendezvous - Sept. 29 and 30 this year - for a celebration ...

FORT ATKINSON — The annual Fort Atkinson Rendezvous will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 29 and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 30 on the military post grounds of Fort Atkinson.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Hundreds of soldiers, buckskinners, craft demonstrators, hunters, trappers and traders will recreate life in the 1840s, Sept 24-25 at the 40th Annual Fort Atkinson Rendezvous.