Fort Belmont/JCT Inc.

Annual Report for Fiscal Year January 01- December 31, 2012

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2012 Fort Belmont Board Members

Last Name Christensen Fort Belmont Fransen x x x Hample Handevidt Handevidt Harder Hummel Johnson x Kruse Lessman x x x x Mattison Mix Nesmoe Olson Olson x x x x Reese Ries Ringkob Roesner Schrader Stearns x Svoboda City Council

First Name Jeff & Barb Site Address Janice Roy Cec Mike Elaine Kim Doug Ken & LaVonne Justin Arlin & Peggy Vern & Rosie Kim Daryl & Ann Gordon Marilyn Jim Roger Rollie & Joanne Sue Lori Gloria Appointee

Address 111 Oak Street 217 Belmont Lane 405 4th St. Suite 3A 1009 South Highway 57448 - 790th Street 304 W. Ashley St. 96 Becky Drive 235 County Rd 51 1509 North Highway 919 Sherman Street PO Box 208 55733 - 725th Street 54668 - 830th St. 102 Fairview Ave 115 Barnel Road 1332 Springfield Parkway 82 West Ashley Street 119 Northridge Drive 1012 Springfield Parkway 49901 - 880th Street 116 First Ave 805 Hills Avenue 112 N. Sverdrup 80 W. Ashley St.

City Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Windom Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson

ST MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN MN

Zip Code 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143 56101 56143 56143 56143 56143 56143

Phone 8473400 8476672 8474182 8472389 8474497 8472442 8473550 8475631 8475216 8472917 8473771 8472432 8473706 8475208 8472596 8473796 8473867 8475728 8472323 8311036 8473024 n/a 8472248 8473867

Executive Position

840-7045

Vice-Chair

Chairman

Henning Sharon 114 3rd St., Suite B (Active Board Members are x'd)

Secretary / Treasurer

2012 Schedule for Fort Belmont Spring Fundraiser

Held at the Jackson American Legion on April 19 th from 5-7. A dinner is served along with a free will donation. Proceeds go toward Fort operations in the upcoming year.

Tours
Tours for school groups are available after May 1, 2012. Public tours start May 30th, 2012. For additional details, call 847-3867.

Worship, Word, Watermelon (WWW)

Sunday Evening Services at Delafield Church, Fort Belmont are sponsored with the local Jackson County Ministerial Association. Each Sunday at 7pm, the bells of the Delafield Church ring, to call one and all to an ecumenical church service followed by fellowship and watermelon, compliments of the sponsoring church congregation. June 10 Aug 19

JAM Sessions 1-3 pm

Talented Musicians come together from the local & long distance area, to provide entertainment for both, young and old. Bring your musical instrument and/or your voice and share in the fun! June 24, July 22, Aug 26.

Senior Day
All Seniors are invited to be guests of the Fort from 1pm- until ? Enjoy refreshments and bingo and take a tour if you wish or just enjoy the fellowship on senior day. June 20 & Aug 15, 2012.

Town & Country Days

See us in the annual Town & Country Days parade in downtown Jackson. Check out the other community events going on during the weekend including the Rhythm of the River musical festival and Tri of Health race.

Sesquicentennial Massacre Commemoration

August 24, 25, 26 ; The Fort commemorated the 150th Anniversary of the Belmont Massacre and the 155th Anniversary of the Springfield Massacre. 305 people were in attendance. The weekend celebration consisted of dedicating the 1909 monument in Ashley Park, recognition of the repair to the 1860 log cabin in Ashley Park, a free showing of the documentary The Dakota Conflict at Historic State Theatre, and tours of Fort Belmont the Jackson County Historical Society Museum in Lakefield, and Historical buildings and artifacts at the Jackson County Fair Grounds. Directional maps were provided to those who wanted to drive to the Belmont sites of interest.

Rendezvous Days

September 7-9th. Gather with the buck skinners at the Annual Fort Belmont Rendezvous on the weekend after Labor Day to celebrate the lifestyle of years gone by. Primitive camping, cooking over an open fire, blacksmithing, demonstrations of pioneer living and other trades of the 1800s era will be on display to experience. Watch or join in the Black Powder Rifle shoot on Saturday, take a horse-drawn wagon ride, or just enjoy the beautiful fall prairie flowers. Food and beverage will be available all day. Special guests will be scheduled for the weekend including music and authors of the 1860 era in Jackson County.

Volunteer Appreciation & Holiday Party

November 11th at the Senior Center in Jackson. Volunteers, Board members and supporters met to celebrate a successful 2012 with a pot luck dinner. The evening concluded with an awards ceremony & brief board meeting.

Old Fashioned Christmas

Sunday, Dec. 2nd: Stop by the fort for Cookies and cider on the wood stove; listen to the Madrigals sing Christmas carols, visit with Santa, learn about the Norwegian Art of Rosemaling via a demonstration from Loy Ann Nasby and then stay for a 4 pm church service in Delafield Church.

Information
For additional information, visit the Fort Belmont website at www.fortbelmont.org, or call the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce at 507-847-3867, or stop by their office at 114 3rd St, Suite B, Jackson MN 56143. Visit Fort Belmont at 217 Belmont Lane, Jackson MN 56143. Museum phone is 507-847-6672.

Visitors registered totaled 1,712

Visitors came from 48 states and from 16 foreign countries (which included the various Canadian Providences)

2012 Worship, Word, & Watermelon (WWW) Services Sunday Evening Services at Delafield Church, Fort Belmont
June 10: June 17: June 24 July 1: July 8: July 15: July 22: July 29: Aug. 5: Aug 12: Aug 19: Our Saviors Lutheran, Lance Isaacson Good Shepherd Catholic, Jim Von Tobel First Baptist, Steve DeKok Jackson. United Methodist, David Brown Bethlehem Lutheran, Andrew Schensted First Presbyterian, Christopher Drew Salem/Belmont Lutheran, Eric Hullstrom No Service, Fair Week Trinity/Immanuel Luth., Rick Bremseth Our Redeemer Lutheran, John Schuetz Our Saviors Lutheran, Bryan Simmons

Worship service begins at 7:00pm and concludes about 7:45pm. Set up for watermelon is outside on the lawn, on the Southside of the museum. Hosting church provides watermelon, paper plates, napkins, etc. At the end of the season, funds are split in half; Fort Belmont / Jackson County Ministerial.

WWW in 2007 Total: 367 $352.43 WWW in 2008 Total: 575 $561.71

WWW in 2009 Total: 391 $452.77 WWW in 2010 Total: 344 $648.76 WWW in 2011 Total: $614.80 WWW in 2012 Total: $620.77

Ad Copy that was put into an area newspaper promoting the 2012 Rendezvous!