January/February 2023

There was a delay at our printers with this issue, it was scheduled to be mailed out on 12/16 but was actually mailed on 12/27/22.

ON THE COVER: Detail from The Moment of Truth, an original oil painting by David Wright.

CONTENTS:
3 Letters from Our Readers
7 Prime Possibles
9 People to Watch by Jason W. Gatliff
11 Doin’ It Yourself A New Knife and an Old Horn — T. C. Albert
19 Shooting the Bull Sighting-in a Flintlock Rifle — Mike Nesbitt
29 Cache of the Hollow Tree Two Wars, Two Massive Debts and The Two Revolutions That Changed the World — Tony Hunter
39 Dispatches from New England The Cat Came Back, Part II — Vincent C. Spiotti
47 18th Century Traveler Kenton had a Wender Gun or This is What Happens When OCD Meets Living History — Matt Wulff
57 On the Game Trail Second Chance Buck — Gary W. Brown
64 The Masterful Work of Mike Gahagan — Bob Plott
78 Fishing on the Early Frontier, Part II — Joshua Shepherd
89 Tin Ware in the Fur Trade — Mike Moore
97 The Passing of George Washington — James A. Crutchfield
109 Classified Ads
111 Index of Display Advertisers
112 From the Bookshelf