January/February 2018

ON THE COVER: Detail from Tight Spot an original oil painting by David Wright.

CONTENTS:
3 Letters from Our Readers
7 Doin’ It Yourself Living and Dyeing on the Frontier — T. C. Albert
15 Treasures from the Past — H. David Wright
17 Shooting the Bull Nothing Beats a Straight Flush – Mike Nesbitt
23 Cache of the Hollow Tree The Looting of the Spanish Main, Part I — Tony Hunter
33 Dispatches from New England First Tracks — Vincent C. Spiotti
41 18th Century Traveler Keep It Simple Genius, Part IV, The Virginia Project — Matt Wulff
51 On the Game Trail A Truly Successful Hunt — Michael Dumey
55 Major Robert Rogers at Michilimackinac, Part III — Tim J. Todish
60 Longknives & Leather, An Inside Look at the Artistry of Rich and Jeanne McDonald — John W. Hayes
75 The New Fort Nashborough: The Struggle to Tell a Booming City’s Founding Story — David E. Currey
87 Just Everyday Tools — Mike Moore
93 Punishment to a Few, and the Fear to Many: Plymouth Colony and Indian Relations — Joshua Shepherd
107 Classified Ads
111 Index of Display Advertisers
112 For the Bookshelf