September/October 2017

ON THE COVER: Detail from Headed for Winter Camp, an original oil painting by Joe Velázquez.

CONTENTS:
3 Letters from Our Readers
7 Prime Possibles
11 People to Watch — Jason W. Gatliff
13 Doin’ It Yourself A “Shott Pouch” Like Lemuel’s — T. C. Albert
21 Treasures from the Past — H. David Wright
23 Shooting the Bull Trade Gun Fun – Mike Nesbitt
31 Cache of the Hollow Tree Governor Dinwiddie’s Ultimatum, Part II — Tony Hunter
41 Dispatches from New England The Most Famous Ranger, Captain John Lovewell, Part II — Vincent C. Spiotti
49 On The Game Trail A Maryland Bear Hunt — David Ciekot
56 Art and Craft, Mark Thomas, Craftsman to the Past — Guy Montfort
71 Photographing Your Muzzleloading Rifle, Part III: Homemade Auxiliary Equipment — Fred Stutzenberger
82 Major Robert Rogers at Michilimackinac, Part I — Tim J. Todish
95 Developing a Fur Trade Persona: Michael Barada at Fort Atkinson 1825 — Donald Wade Davis
101 Strawbery Banke: Where History Comes Alive in a Modern City — Dana Benner
109 Classified Ads
111 Index of Display Advertisers
112 For the Bookshelf