Bondurant Family Association2026 Bondurant Family Association Annual Meeting
Bondurant, Wyoming
June 26-29
The Bondurant Family Association (BFA) Annual Meeting will be held in Bondurant, Wyoming this year from June 26-29. We will be attending the annual Bondurant Picnic held on June 28.
Our host hotel is the Hampton Inn & Suites in Pinedale, WY which is the nearest major hotel to Bondurant. You can book your reservation at a special Bondurant Family rate of $199 + taxes for the first 12 rooms up to 5 pm MST June 8, 2026.
Bondurant Family Rate
You will need a rental car or private car to get to Pinedale and to the various meeting sites during the meeting. We may carpool in some cases when convenient. You might consider a AWD vehicle for some of the drives into the mountains.
The meeting is scheduled with the assumption that many participants will be flying into the Jackson, WY airport on June 26 although you can book a day early if you like. The BFA Annual Meeting/Meet & Greet will be in the hotel conference room on Friday, June 26 evening at 6 pm.
We are planning interesting activities in conjunction with the Bondurant Picnic to acquaint everyone with the history of the Hoback Valley and Jackson’s Little Hole along with how Benjamin F. Bondurant made his way to Bondurant, WY in 1898 and founded the town.
On Saturday morning, we will meet at a pavilion next to Museum of the Mountain Man in Pinedale. Our host is Clint Gilchrist, Director of the Museum and head of the Sublette County Historical Society. An hour long talk will tell us the early history of the Hoback Valley, the Mountain Man, and the Green River Rendezvous. David Bondurant will present the family history of BF Bondurant, telling how generations of Bondurant’s lived in France, how our ancestor made his way to Virginia, and his descendants went West and finally arrived in the Hoback Valley in 1898. We will have an opportunity to look around the Museum. Following a quick lunch we will drive to Bondurant (40 miles away).
In the afternoon, we will visit the Bondurant Cemetery to see the gravesite of BF Bondurant, his wife and some family members. The current owner of the Bondurant ranch will lead a tour to the Bondurant homestead built in about 1903.
BF Bondurant and Family at Homestead
We will then proceed up Jack Creek Road to the Little Jennie Ranch, a local guest ranch where will will hear Cowboy stories of the life of people on the ranches of the Hoback Valley surrounding Bondurant while we have a hamburger dinner of beef and bacon raised right on the ranch along with all the fixins’. There will be wagon rides into to the ranch and some games to play. Our afternoon program is $70/person which will be collected during registration.
The First Bondurant Picnic at St. Hubert the Hunter (1941)
On Sunday is the annual Bondurant picnic held at the Church of St. Hubert the Hunter in Bondurant. This event brings 500-people from all around to this town of 100 people each year. The community roasts 2 whole cows for this BBQ lunch which is $20/person at the door. There will be entertainment, food, and a chance to meet many locals and possibly a number of BF Bondurant descendants still in the area.
Church of St. Hubert the Hunter
There will be some time for other activities before the picnic and later in the afternoon. Some possibilities: You can attend the Church of St. Hubert the Hunter service prior to the picnic at 11 am. It may be possible to drive to Granite Falls and it’s Hot Springs which is located up an 8.5 mile road into the mountains just West of Bondurant. 
In the afternoon, you may wish to return to Pinedale and drive the Skyline Drive just outside town. The drive starts at Lake Fremont, the second largest lake in Wyoming. It rises up a mountain road with stops at the Fremont Overlook which provides expansive views of the lake, the Hoback Valley, and the mountain. As you continue up the road, we reach the Skyline Drive Overlook with tremendous views of the Wind River Range of the Rocky Mountains. Finally, we arrive at the Sacred Rim Trailhead. For those who can hike, a 3.5 mile round trip hike (with 500 foot elevation gain) will bring you to an incredible view of the lake and mountains beyond.
Fremont Overlook Skyline Drive Overlook
At 7 pm, we will meet at the Lakeside Resort on Lake Fremont for the final dinner of this year’s meeting. 
Lakeside Resort Deck Overlooking Lake Fremont
For those flying home, it’s a 1.5 hour drive back to Jackson for your departure the next day. Many may wish to extend there stay. Jackson Hole is the home of both the Grand Teton National Park and the Yellowstone National Park. For those that have not seen these natural wonders an extended trip before or after the meeting would be well worth your time.
Some final details. We are collecting $100 payment for Ranch dinner and final Lakeside dinners in advance since BFA must book in advance. Please email or mail the Annual Meeting Registration Form to the BFA Treasurer along with $100 per person for the events.
Attendees will be responsible for Friday dinner, will pay $20 at the Bondurant Picnic, $10 for entrance to Museum of the Mountain Man and lunch after the Saturday morning events. Breakfast is free at the hotel.
Celebrating the journey of our immigrant ancestor
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