This section will continue to be updated with additional dates and links. It is wonderful to glance through the years and see the making of a legend come to life.

Forrest Fenn Timeline:

1903: November 21 Forrest Fenn’s Father was born: William Marvin Fenn (died 2/08/1987 (age 83)

1908: March 20 Forrest Fenn’s Mother was born: Lillie Gay Simpson (Fenn) (died 10/4/1979) (age 71)

1926: Forrest Fenn’s Parents Got Married

1928: July 25 Forrest Fenn’s Brother was born: Skippy (William Marvin Fenn Jr.) (died 1978)

1930: August 22 Forrest Fenn was born in Temple Texas

1932: June 24 Forrest Fenn’s Sister was born: June Gay Fenn (Heath) (died 11/08/2002)

1932: November 16 Forrest Fenn’s Wife born: Peggy Jean Proctor

1939: Forrest found his first arrowhead at age 9.  He often refers to this as his beginning to The Thrill of the Chase

1946: Forrest went looking for Lewis and Clark with Donnie (Story in TTOTC)

1950: Forrest joined the Air Force

1953: Forrest married Peggy

1959: Forrest’s first daughter Zoe was born

1960: Forrest’s second daughter Kelly was born

1965: Forrest won the silver bracelet (in the treasure chest) from a bet with Bryon Harvey (story in TTOTC page 130)

1968: December 2: Forrest shot down first time

1968: December 20: Forrest shot down second time

1968: December 22: Forrest returns to the waterfall in Vietnam (Story in TTOTC)

1968: December 24: Forrest returns home to his family in Lubbock, Texas

1970: Forrest retires from Air Force. Served 20 years

1972: Forrest and family move to Santa Fe.  Founded Fenn Galleries

1978: Forrest’s brother Skippy died

1979: Forrest’s mother died

1980: Forrest publishes The African Animals of W.R. Leigh (Forrest dedicates this to his parents)

1983: Forrest publishes The Beat of the Drum and Whoop of the Dance

1987: Forrest’s Father died by taking his own life after fighting pancreatic cancer

1988: Forrest diagnosed with cancer

1988: Forrest sold Fenn Galleries

2001: Forrest publishes The Genius of Nicolai Fechin

2002: Forrest’s sister June died

2004: Forrest publishes The Secrets of San Lazaro Pueblo

2007: Forrest publishes Historic American Indian Dolls

2007: Forrest publishes Seventeen Dollars a Square Inch

2007: Forrest publishes Teepee Smoke (reword of The Beat of the Drum)

2010 (maybe 2009): Forrest hid his Treasure Chest (more here)

2010: October 25: Forrest releases The Thrill of the Chase at Collected Works Bookstore

2013: Forrest publishes Too Far to Walk

2015: Forrest publishes Leon Gaspard: The Call of Distant Places

2017: Forrest publishes Once Upon A While

2018: Forrest publishes Once Upon A While- Revised

2019: Forrest publishes Educating Ardi


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