Found a site that specializes in reproduction fabrics. Really
beautiful. http://www.patchworks-usa.com
Happy sewing
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Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 19:51:34 EST
From: Traphand <Traphand@aol.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: keelboat from st.charles mo.
do you know what happened to paddy horn have not seen him in a few years.did a
photo shoot of the harper ferry rilfe that is in muzzeloader 2 book of. paddy
put two small nail in the wall to hold the rilfe up. i took one photo before
the rilfe fall to the floor.it creaked the wrist right in back on the breech.
glad i did not do the nailing.about this time john the owner of the gun had
himself a good scream.yes it is a far cry from the keelboat
good by my friend
traphand
P.S. IT ODD WHO WE BOTH KNOW
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Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 19:51:41 -0700
From: agottfre@telusplanet.net (Angela Gottfred)
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Whiskey in the Fur Trade
mxhbc@TTACS.TTU.EDU (Henry B. Crawford) wrote:
>Angela, are you familiar with Jack Gladstone's song "Whoop Up Trail"? Jack
>performed it at a museum conference I attended in Missoula last fall. He's
>a Blackfoot living in Kalispell, and quite a balladeer.
No; sounds like it's right up my alley though. Has he got a tape or CD? I'm
always keen on folk/country singers with a taste for history. Canada seems
to have a fair number of these folks, if you know where to find them : Great
Western Orchestra, Tamarack, & of course the patron saint of Canadian folk,
Stan Rogers. The Gladstones are a well-known family here in Alberta--James
Gladstone was Alberta's first Native senator, about 30 years ago.
> Thanks for
>correcting me on the location of the fort. I am glad they've recreated it.
>How is the reconstruction, pretty accurate or Disney-esque?
Well, as I said, it's not my period, but it does look just like the historic
photographs. Understaffed, of course, but I think it's probably worth a
visit if you're in Lethbridge. (We'll be at Fort Whoop-up to give a talk &
demo next month, so I can give you an update if you want.) The setting is
excellent--it's down in a deep wide river valley, so that you can't see the
city (although there is that HUGE train bridge traversing the valley).
> Is the event worth going to?
Whoops! Sorry, "Whoop-Up Days" isn't a reenactment event. Although I've
never been, I understand that it is more like the Calgary Stampede--a big
rodeo, fair & exhibition, with only a very small nod to history. The black
powder guys down there have a big shoot on the Labour Day weekend, but I
understand they don't have any serious reenactors down there. (I'd be quite
happy to be proven wrong--I'm always looking to recruit.)
Your humble & obedient servant,
Angela Gottfred
agottfre@telusplanet.net
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Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 21:54:07 -0800
From: tigrbo1 <tigrbo1@ibm.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Tripping to the N.W.
Greetings Scott,
I must concure with Steve on your article on Fort Frederick, I'd love
to tour it. If you happen to find yourself in the Seattle area, I'm sure
I could arrange a tour of Fort Nisqually.
Best regards,
Terry Smith
SWcushing wrote:
>
> Scott,
> I just finished reading your outstanding article on Fort Frederick in >this month's "Muzzleloader". It is on the top of my list of places to >visit when I get back east. I'll show you Fort Vancouver iffin you get >out this way.
> Steve
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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 09:07:27 -0500
From: "Scott Allen" <allen@blueridge-ef.SAIC.COM>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Trip to Alabama
Steve,
Thanks so much for the kind words about my article. I'd be glad to
show you around when you get back here and would be glad to see Ft.
Vancouver too. I'm out at Ft. Lewis (Seattle) every once in awhile so
could probably swing a tour there. See ya!
Your most humble servant,
Scott Allen
Hunter and Scout for Fort Frederick
Fairplay, MD
http://members.tripod.com/~SCOTT
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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:11:20 +0100
From: mstar176@wf.net (Basha Richey)
Subject: MtMan-List: Sack hats
Longtrail,
Nice link for reproduction fabrics. Patchworks, is going on my
favorite list. I was particularly intrested in the indigo material.
Wes Housler had a nice period piece at the RMNR last year in Montana.
It was a cap made from a scrap of wool, essentially a bag with exagerated
corners (to resemble ears) with one side cut out for his face. There are
many examples in Alfred Jacob Millers artwork of this type of headgear. The
one that comes to mind, is the oil painting of the "Trappers Bride". Two
of the trappers in the background are wearing "sacks". It seems to me,
that if you didn't have a hat, that one of these simple creations would be
a good substitute. Miller also shows hunters using them to approach game,
on all-fours, as camoflodge. In the AJM painting titled "Trappers and
horses around a fire" used as an illustration in Ruxtons "Life In The Far
West"(edited by Hafen) is a trapper wearing a "sack" made with a checked or
crossed, striped pattern. Since the bags were made out of anything that
was available (my opinion) then a piece if the woven Indigo from patchworks
might be a nice piece of material for a reproduction of that trappers "Sky
Piece".
I believe Paul Mueller said in a recent link, that hoods were not
attached to capotes, rather were buttoned or tied on. Am I wrong about the
"sacks" or were they hoods for Capotes? Miller's paintings have few, if
any capotes, but it was summertime. If anybody would like to shed light on
the origins of the "sacks", I would be glad to hear it.
