ON THE COVER:
Bent's Fort Arrival - An original oil painting by David Wright.
"This is a portrait of Brad Bailey shortly after his arrival by bull boat at Bent's Old Fort in October 2014 – hence the title, Bent's Fort Arrival." — DW
CONTENTS:
3 Letters from Our Readers
7 Prime Possibles
11 Doin' It Yourself Making Your Own 18th Century Style Ranger Skates -
T. C. Albert
19 Treasures from the Past -
Mel S. Hankla
21 Cache of the Hollow Tree General Nathaneal Greene, The Fighting Quaker, Part V -
Tony Hunter
33 People to Watch -
Jason W. Gatliff
35 Shooting the Bull Selecting a Rifle –
Mike Nesbitt
43 Dispatches from New England Living the Life, The Fort Ticonderoga Interpretive Staff , Part III: The Battle on Snowshoes -
Vincent C. Spiotti
53 The Writings of a Mad Woman The Hunt at Moon Valley -
Suzanne Larner
59 Robert Rogers From Prodigious Feats of Valor to the Most Miserable State of Wretchedness, Part III -
Tim J. Todish
67 Watercraft of the First Americans, Part II: Bull Boats, Plank Boats, Dugouts, and Rafts -
Fred Stutzenberger and Matthew Stutzenberger
74 The Journey -
Jim Hannon
85 Do Dimples Make a Difference? - Herman Karl and
George Morrison
90 Elegant Simplicity, The Rifles of Chuck Edwards -
Guy Montfort
107 Classified Ads
111 Index of Display Advertisers
112 For the Bookshelf
9, 50 Voices from the West -
James A. Crutchfield
109 Voices from the East -
Paul Clements