Subject: Re: MtMan-List: The Last of the Mountain Men
Hart also made the national news when he held off the National Guard when they tried to throw him off federal ground where he lived.
I read one report that said he had blown a hole in one of the rafts the NG was using, several years late I asked a friend in the
guard if that was true. According to my friend a S/Major, he couldn't confirm whether it was or wasn't a correct statement.
I traded for a knife that was made by Sylvan Hart, it was crude like some of his pistols he had made, but still neat when you
consider he had very little to work with, not like craftsman of today.
He was an interesting character and seems to have not backed down from much on anything he had made his mind up on.
Buck
On Fri, 02 April 1999, "northwoods" wrote:
>
> Just read a rather interesting book last week entitled "The Last of the
> Mountain Men". Many of you are probably familiar with this book, but for
> those who aren't it's about a gentleman named Sylvan Hart who after
> graduating college with a degree in engineering decided to
> "live like a mountain man" on "the River of No Return" in Idaho. He made,
> grew, mined, or hunted virtually everything he needed.
> He grew 20 different types of vegetables in his garden. He had a blacksmith
> shop that he made most of the tools he needed to manufacture an unbelievable
> assortment of goods. Of particular interest are the flintlock and percussion
> firearms he made.
> In his own words, the only items he brought back on his infrequent trips to
> civilization were, "tea, books, and gunpowder".
> The handwrought copperware that he manufactured is also very interesting.
> A "samovar"(for making tea), creamer, sugar bowls, ladles, pots, lamps, tea
> kettles, tea balls (he was a serious tea drinker indulging in dozens of
> different varieties) are just a few examples of these items.
> I enjoyed the book and I hope others do as well.
>
> From the northwoods,
>
> Tony Clark
>
>
Signup for your free USWEST.mail Email account http://www.uswestmail.net
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 10:53:22 PDT
From: "Wren Phillips" <w_promise@hotmail.com>
Subject: MtMan-List: Honey
Honey, it is said NEVER goes rancid or molds!...how can this be true?
Wren
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
------------------------------
Date: 5 Apr 1999 11:02:17 -0700
From: <buck.conner@uswestmail.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: The Last of the Mountain Men
Hart had several cannons, have a friend dealing on a 1 1/8" bore cannon built by Sylvan Hart, according to the doc. he shot steel ball bearings in it. The same gentleman has 2 pistols built by Hart and a long knife.
> Also it was mentioned about a gun? cannon? he built to defend his cliff side domain, if memory is close I think it was a 1" dia. bore.
I have read the same articles, believe they were in the Backwoodsman magazine, and what you said about his housing is correct.
> It also mentioned that he entertain or tolerate rafters coming down his river when they would stop to visit.
> It also said he had separate ledge`s or rooms for his shop, living, sleeping,and cooking.
Later
Buck
Signup for your free USWEST.mail Email account http://www.uswestmail.net
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 14:22:41 -0500
From: John Kramer <kramer@kramerize.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Honey
Because there is no fat in honey.
John...
At 10:53 AM 4/5/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Honey, it is said NEVER goes rancid or molds!...how can this be true?
>
>Wren
>Get Your Private, Free Email at
<http://www.hotmail.com/>http://www.hotmail.com
>
Use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without.
John Kramer <kramer@kramerize.com>
------------------------------
Date: 05 Apr 99 17:03:08 -0600
From: Phyllis and Don Keas <pdkeas@market1.com>
Subject: RE: MtMan-List: Food Safe Oil
Reply to: RE: MtMan-List: Food Safe Oil
I'm originally from Oklahoma too. What part was your grandmother from and =
who was she, if you don't mind me asking? Don
DON AND PHYLLIS KEAS ---LIving History Consultants
Barbara Smith wrote:
>Okay, one last on this topic: My mama always uses peanut oil. Don't
>wash your wooden ware in soap. If you use it ofen enough, it won't have
>a chance to get rancid. Even when I've stuck mine in a cabinet for
>year, pulled it out and found it sticky (rare occurence), I just scrub
>it with hot water, use it, scrub it again, and re-oil. Mama would tan
>my hide if she caught me washing her wooden bowls in soap. Same as the
>cast iron. Thank God for the Depression - I've learned most of my
>"mountain man" skills from my Mom from Oklahoma!
>
>
>
>RFC822 header
>-----------------------------------
>
> Received: from lists.xmission.com [198.60.22.7] by mail.market1.com with =
ESMTP
> (SMTPD32-5.01) id A57A58B0118; Mon, 05 Apr 1999 00:17:30 -0700
> Received: from domo by lists.xmission.com with local (Exim 2.05 #1)
> id 10U2hT-00041L-00
> for hist_text-goout@lists.xmission.com; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 00:17:35 -0600
> Received: from [209.213.140.5] (helo=3Dq3.quik.com)
> by lists.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1)
> id 10U2hQ-00041G-00
> for hist_text@lists.xmission.com; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 00:17:32 -0600
> Received: from portland.quik.com (ip044.portland.quik.com [209.213.133.=
44])
> by q3.quik.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA45680
> for <hist_text@lists.xmission.com>; Sun, 4 Apr 1999 23:17:28 -0700
