March/April 2025

Please note: This issue was mailed out on 4/4/25.

ON THE COVER:
Detail from Colonel Crockett’s Last Serenade - The Alamo, March 1, 1836 an original oil painting by David Wright.

CONTENTS:
3 Letters from Our Readers
7 Prime Possibles
9 People to Watch Tony Kaiser — Andrew Scott Wills
11 Doin’ It Yourself Need a Nice Knife Sheath in A Hurry? Try This. — T.C. Albert
19 Shooting the Bull Jerry’s Iron Mounted .40 Flintlock — Mike Nesbitt
29 Dispatches from New England My Own Private Training Day — Vincent C. Spiotti
39 18th Century Traveler Captain Joseph Martin’s Station — 250th Anniversary Event — Matt Wulff
49 The Builder’s Bench Let’s Talk Cast-Off — Jim Parker
55 Forgotten Trails The First Military Escort on the Santa Fe Trail — James A. Crutchfield
61 On the Game Trail Hiding in Plain Sight — Scott F. Williams
64 Quest Towards Perfection: Ron Ehlert — Tennessee’s Gentleman of the Jaeger — Ted Franklin Belue
79 At the Confluence of Art, Scholarship and Adventure — Dick Patton
85 After the Alamo’s Fall: David Crockett’s Last Pay Check — Ted Franklin Belue
93 Classified Ads
95 Index of Display Advertisers
96 For the Bookshelf