FORT ATKINSON, Iowa -- This is the 49th year for the Rendezvous held at the site of Iowa's frontier fort, Fort Atkinson.

"The government determined that the Winnebago Indians needed to be removed from the Wisconsin area that they lived in, so the military brought them here," said Kay Schmitt, of the Friends of Ft. Atkinson group. "Officers stayed in this camp and their job for the Dragoons, was to go out and patrol the area to make sure that everybody was getting along and then they’d also provide supplies for them."

The Winnebago Indians were eventually moved to Minnesota.

Each year some 75 groups or individuals set up camp for the weekend. Visitors come to the town of Fort Atkinson for the festivities.

"We have some of the military folks here and and the campers you know cook on thei

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