May/June 2008

(Mailed 4/22/08)

 

 

On the Cover

Featured on this month's cover is an original painting entitled Trade by Idaho artist Tim Tanner. Posters of this image are available online at www.timtannerstudios.com or call 208-354-7344. This image compliments Tim's article on Western horse gear, found on page 58.

 

Contents

3 Smoke Signals
5 Prime Possibles
9 A Pilgrim’s Journey Seeing Clearly in the Firelight —Mark A. Baker
19 Shooting the Bull Thoughts about Percussion Guns on Pouches —Mike Nesbitt
27 Cache of the Hollow Tree In Defiance of Tyranny: Part I —Tony Hunter
35 The Far West The Possibles Bag — Rex Allen Norman

40 Ian Pratt's Iron-Mounted Maidens — Sharon Cunningham

45 The Gunsmith of Grenville County New
Techniques IV — Peter A. Alexander
55 Doin’ It Yourself Measurin' Up —T. C. Albert
60 Eyewitness to History Marching with the
Army of the West, Part V: Onward toward Santa Fe — Jim Crutchfield
62 Horse Gear on the Western Frontier —Tim Tanner
67 On the Game Trail The Lost Shirt Turkey Hunt
— Mike Blumenstein
73 "Rude" Pursuits? —Terry Eddings
77 Classified Ads
79 Display Advertisers’ Index
80 For the Bookshelf  The Narrative Art of Robert Griffing — Chris Matheney

 

 

Editorial Staff

Bill Scurlock, Publisher

Linda Scurlock, Managing Editor

Carolyn Cook, Associate Editor

Office Staff

Diana Quinn, Circulation & Classified Advertising

Barbara Cannon, Office Assistant

Jonathan Hutchison, Shipping

Staff Writers

T. C. Albert     Peter A. Alexander

Mark A. Baker    Jim Crutchfield

Tony Hunter        Ronald Kil

George Larrabee       Mike Nesbitt

Rex Allen Norman       Tim J. Todish

      

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