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Requirement #1 of The American Mountain Men
Must have a full set of hand-cut and -sewn clothing and handmade accoutrements. These must be researched for authenticity of the 1800-40 period and be of a type which would have been seen on men in, or moving to, the … Continue reading
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Tagged AMM, fur trade, Mountain Man, mountain men, rendezvous
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1849 Colt Baby Dragoon
This .31 caliber handgun was one of the biggest sellers of all time for Colt. This one has been converted from percussion to .32 Smith & Wesson. It is a good shooter and works well. I have added a dovetailed … Continue reading
Posted in For Sale!!, Historical Clothing and Equipment, Hunting & Trapping, Shooting
Tagged CAS, Cowboy action shooting, guns, Hunting, muzzleloader, SASS, shooting
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Swallows section of the Arkansas River
The last day of June 2020, Bruce Day, Bill & Lee Bailey, and myself set out upon the upper Arkansas river near the town of Florence, Colorado. We had Bruce’s Buffalo boat and Bill’s wooden pirogues. Bruce’s boat was constructed … Continue reading
Aux Ark (Pronounced Ozark)
After Christmas, I had the opportunity to join 8 other adventurers for a river trip on an old-fashioned keel boat down the Ouachita river in southern Arkansas. The boat is captained by Ed Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas and crewed … Continue reading
Vox Audita Perit, Littera Scripta Manet ~ Ancient Roman Proverb
I’ve heard it said that “oral tradition and history is the most accurate history known to mankind”. The sheer stupidity of this idea is almost beyond comprehension. Anyone who has paid attention to human nature or participated in the old … Continue reading
Green River 2017
Green River 2017 November 4, 2017, Aaron Griggs, Mary Sims, and myself arrived at Green River, Utah around noon. We met up with Ed Bevers, Bill Bailey and Todd “Pete” Peterson. Pete, Mary, and I set up camps at Crystal … Continue reading
Missouri River Trip 2017
Day One – 6/30/17, Aaron & I left home about 6 pm and drove to Wheatland, WY where we got a room for the night. Day Two – 7/1/17, We traveled across Wyoming to Billings, MT where we stopped … Continue reading
Do you really need that?
I am just as guilty as the next guy when it comes to bringing too much stuff to a rendezvous, re-enactment or other historic event. It seems we have so much cool stuff and so little opportunity to use it … Continue reading
The Wolf Eared Hat
I have been intrigued by the wolf eared hat since I first started studying Alfred Jacob Miller’s paintings. They most certainly are a hunter’s hat and an early form of camouflage. I have seen many attempts at re-creating these unique … Continue reading
My Brown Bess
When I got married in 1981, we took our honeymoon around Lake Superior. We visited all of the historic sites we could find. At Fort Michilimackinac, we saw the Great Lakes fur trade first hand and watched a man shoot … Continue reading
Posted in American Mountain Men, Historical Clothing and Equipment, Hunting & Trapping, Shooting
Tagged AMM, brown bess, canoe, muzzleloader
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Gabe the Shootist
Gabe the Shootist 