May/June 2016

ON THE COVER:
Detail from The Ceremonial Pipe & Artist Benjamin West, an original oil painting by John Buxton.

Contents
3 Letters from Our Readers
7 Prime Possibles
11 People to Watch - Jason W. Gatliff
13 Doin' It Yourself Making a 17th Century Pulverhorn - T. C. Albert
21 Treasures from the Past - Mel S. Hankla
23 Cache of the Hollow Tree The Pirate, Francis Drake, Claims California for England, Part III - Tony Hunter
33 Shooting the Bull Some Favorite Black Powder Pistols – Mike Nesbitt
41 Dispatches from New England Holding Out For A Heroine, The Story of Marie Madeleine de Verchères - Vincent C. Spiotti
49 Portals in Time That's the Breaks - Mark Sage
59 18th Century Traveler Keep it Simple Genius - Matt Wulff
68 Kyle Willyard, A Master Cutler Bringing New Old-Items to the Table - John W. Hayes
83 A Hunter's Contract - Michael T. Roberts
89 Colter in the Rockies, Unraveling History and Story - Dick Weaver
97 On The Game Trail Black Powder and Bushytails: The Perfect Combo - Tony Kinton
103 Classified Ads
107 Index of Display Advertisers
108 For the Bookshelf
4, 104 Voices from the West - James A. Crutchfield
88, 104 Voices from the East - Paul Clements