Auditors, History, & Horse Enthusiasts!

Looking for a fun family vacation, haven't been camping with your
husband or your wife for a while? This is a great opportunity to spend
some quality time with your family while enjoying the friendly
atmosphere of the old West at the largest US Calvary remount station in
the United States. Fort Robinson is now a Nebraska State Park but it
has a very long history, including the training grounds for the
American Calvary Olympic Team. Fort Robinson is not a recreation of
the old West or a theme park, it is the old West. The original
buildings that housed our Calvary officers and their horses starting
from the 1890's until the 1930's are still there and available as
accommodations. Fort Robinson is a very popular equestrian site for
many riding clubs, 4H clubs, and clinics.
The AVA's vaulting camp being held there from June 19th - 25th,
2006 will soon be filled but you could be there as an auditor and not
only watch master clinicians at work but also be a part of history.
You can bring your own horses and ride the trails that Crazy
Horse, Dull Knife, and Red Cloud rode. Stabling is available by
reservation in one of the three 90 stall barns where the best of the
Calvary kept their horses. Horses are also available at the park to
rent and go out on trail rides with trail bosses. A swimming pool is
available, hay rack cantered dinners under the Western Sky, hiking
trails, stage coach rides, fishing lakes, a buffalo herd, and even a
golf course near by.
Although the officer's quarter accomodations might be filled,
there is unlimited tent camping at $11 a night and RV camping with
electrical outlets at $15 a night. Auditing the vaulting clinics is
free. Please make your own reservations directly with the Fort
Robinson reservation desk at 308-665-2900 and check out their web
sites:
www.ngpc.state.ne.us/parks/guides/parksearch/showpark.asp?Area_No=77
www.nebraskahistory.org/sites/fortrob/moreinfo.htm
http://gis.unk.edu/fort_rob_top.htm
www.nebraskahistory.org/sites/fortrob/outbreak.htm
Anyone interested in bringing a horse for use in the vaulting
clinic, please contact:
Noel Martonovich
VP Education American Vaulting Assn.
5016 Crawford Gulch
Golden, CO. 80403
fax 303/215-0773
ph. 303/277-0356
e-mail nmartonovi@aol.com