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Here's some
good sources that Bob recommends.

Pull up a log
by the fire and sit and enjoy these folks handy work.
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Publications
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On
The Trail Magazine - The
leading publication for HistoricalTrekking and Living History.
Brought to you by the same people who run this site!
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The
Tomahawk & Long Rifle Magazine
- Subscriptions: The Tomahawk & Long Rifle is a publication of
the American Mountain Men, published quarterly, Feb., May, Aug., and
Nov. The subscription price is $20.00 for one year, $35.00 for two
years and $50.00 for three years. Subscription orders, change of
address and correspondence concerning subscriptions should be
address to:
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Museum
of the Fur Trade Quarterly -
Publication of the museum: Dedicated to the preservation,
exhibition, and interpretation of the North American fur trade.
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Coalition
of Historical Trekkers Quarterly
- The Coalition of Historical Trekkers Quarterly Publication is a
1/2 page magazine, that is included with your membership. It is
written primary by our members and representatives submitting
articles about treks they have been on, events they have attended,
research they have done and even fictional stories they want to
share.
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Heritage
Books, Inc. - History,
Genealogy, Americana
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Muzzleloader
Magazine - Muzzleloader
Magazine
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Muzzle
Blasts Online - Publication of
the NMLRA
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Smoke
& Fire News
Pre-1840 Living
History Organizations:
National Association
of Buckskinners * 4701 Marion Street * Livestock Exchange Building,
Suite 324 * Denver, Colorado 81301 * (303) 297-9671 * Publication:
Territorial Dispatch
National
Muzzleloading Rifle Association * PO Box 67 * Friendship, Indiana 47021
* Publication: Muzzle Blasts
The American Mountain
Man Association * 20500 Solitude Rd., Montrose, CO 81401 * Publication:
Tomahawk & Long Rifle
Coalition of
Historical Trekkers * P.O. Box 4038 * Pueblo CO 81003 * Publication: On
the Trail
Pre-1840 Living
History Historical Sites:
Fort Bridger, Wyoming
State Historic Site * PO Box 35, Fort Bridger, WY 82933 * (307)
782-3842, FAX (307)782-7181 * Established in 1843 by Jim Bridger and
Louis Vasquez.
Fort Langley National
Historic Site * PO Box 129, 23433 Mavis Ave., Fort Langley, BC, Canada *
(604) 888-2822 * Original Fur Trade Era building c. 1840.
Fort Laramie National
Historic Site, NPS * Fort Laramie, WY 82212 * (307)837-2221 * Fort
Laramie was originally established as Fort William, by William Sublette,
in 1834.
Fort Nisqually
Historic Site, 1833-1869 * Point Defiance Park, 5400 Pearl St. #11,
Tacoma, WA 98407 * (206) 591-5339 * Fort Nisqually was built by the
Hudson's Bay Company as an outpost for fur trade.
Fort Uncompahgre-A
Living History Museum * Located at Confluence Park, Delta, CO * PO Box
19, Delta, CO 81416 * (970)874-8349 or 874-0923 * Established near the
confluence of the Uncompahgre and Blue (Gunnison) Rivers about 1826, as
a fur trading post.
Fort Union Trading
Post National Historic Site, NPS * RR3, Box 71, Williston, ND 58801 (25
miles SW of Williston, ND on ND Hwy 1804) * (701) 572-9083 * Built by
the American Fur Company in 1828, Ft Union became the headquarters for
trading.
Fort Vancouver
National Historic Site, NPS * 612 East Reserve St., Vancouver, WA
98661-3811 * (360) 696-7655 * Fort Vancouver was the headquarters for
Hudson's Bay Company operations in Oregon, Washington and British
Columbia, 1825-49.
Museum of the Fur
Trade * 6321 Hwy 20, Chadron, NE - Three miles east of Chadron on US Hwy
20 * Contact: 308-432-3843 or the Chadron Chamber of Commerce,
308-432-4401 * Exhibits of trade good, weapons, furs and other items
from the Fur Trade.
Museum of the
Mountain Man * PO Box 909, Pinedale, WY * (307)367-4101 * Exhibits on
the fur trade, western exploration, Plains Indians, and early
settlements.
Bent's Fort National
Historic Site, NPS * 35110 Hwy. 194 E., La Junta, CO 81050 *
(719)384-2596 * A trading post on the Santa Fe Trail. In the 1830's
& 40's.
Old Mission
State Park * PO Box 30, Cataldo, ID 83810-0030 * (208) 682-3814 * The
Mission is the oldest remaining building in Idaho. Established in the
1840's, by Jesuit priests.
Online Resources:
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History
Frontier - An extensive list of
pre-1840 history related web links
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Black
Hawk - black hawk region map
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Corps
of Discovery Notes Online - The
Authoritative Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, featuring
primary source materials for the serious living historian, trekker,
and researcher.
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Virgina
Runaway Descriptions - - dozens
of descriptions and search capabilities
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Rev
War Campaigner - ways to
improve your impression
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Tipis-Tepees-Teepees
- Comprehensive information on historic and material culture of
tipis. Pictures, articles, makers, transportation, publications on
lodges.
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reenactor.Net
- The Online Home of Reenacting cover all periods from Ancient Rome
to Vietnam
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Woodland
Indian Reenacting - web page
for those interested in woodland indian presentation
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Braintan.com:
Traditional Tanning & Leathercraft
- Use your brains and find over 240 pages of articles, galleries, an
ongoing online forum, sources for tools, books, videos, finished
hides; and more natural hide tanning and leathercraft resources than
you ever thought existed, at Braintan.com.
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The
History Channel - A great cable
channel, that spans different time periods.
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Lewis
Wetzel - Warfare tactics on the
frontier.
Organizations
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NAF
North American Frontiersmen- Organization of historical survivors
live their lives as did our forefathers of the 17th and 18th
Century. There is a lot of research information on this site for
historians, schools, and living history enterpretors.
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Utah
ALRA - Utah Garrison of the
American Longrifle Association
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Old
Fort Niagara - Historic fort in
Youngstown, NY
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Old
Lead Region Historical Society
- Newly redesigned site with many new features
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The
Old Lead Region Historical Society
- Discussions and information pertaining to the Winnebago War and
the Black Hawk War and the 1820's-1833 Illinois/Michigan Territory
(Wisconsin) Regional History.
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Home
page of Third Battalion Pennsylvania, the Augusta Regiment
- History of the Third Battalion Pennsylvania, the Augusta Regiment,
Fort Augusta, and the recreation of the Augusta Regiment
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Colorado
State Muzzleloading Association
- Rocky Mtn College Rendezvous, CSMLA State Shoot, CSMLA State
Convention
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Rogers
Cadet Company of Rogers Rangers
- Organization of reenactors who reenact the military life and
folkways of the 18th Century. They present Rogers Ranging School by
showing how Regulars came to be trained in the Ranging Service.
There is a lot of reseach on this site for historians, schools, and
living history interpretors.
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The
King's Own Patriots - A RevWar
living history group that portrays Southern backwoods militia.
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Fort
Pitt 60th - Fort Pitt 60th
Royal American Regiment and 42 Royal Highlander Regiment out of
Pittsburgh PA
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Fort
Pitt 60th Royal American Regiment
- 60th Royal American Re-enacting group out of Pttsburgh PA
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The
Texas Company of Rogers' Rangers-Jaeger Battalion
- Rangers of the French & Indian War. Rangers Lead The Way,
Hoozaah!
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James
River Black Powder Club - A
family oriented club offering monthly shoots and frolics in June and
October
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woodsmen
of the little muskegon - a
group of trekkers and longhunters
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55th
Regt. of Foot, Light Infantry Company
- A progressive Seven Years War unit in the midwest protraying a
Light Infantry Company ca. 1759.
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New
Jersey Frontier Guard - New
Jersey in the French and Indian War
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Patriots
and Pirates of the Hudson - New
York organization based on Batteauxs, The Hudson River &
reenacting seafarers from 1710 to 1786
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Southeastern
Cultural Society - The
Southeastern Cultural Society (SCS) is a group of living historians
and reenactors who portray the native peoples of the Southeastern
United States during the historic period.
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Major
Bray's Company of Rogers' Rangers
- This is a Ranger Company based in western New York State
(Rochester)
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Home
Page of The Augusta Regiment -
History of the original 3rd Batallion Pennsylvania, The Augusta
Regiment in 1756, and the Home Page of the re-created Augusta
Regiment
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The
Woodland Confederacy - A
woodland indian reenactment group
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Virginia
Regiment 1754-1762 - General
history and recreated unit of the Va. Regt. from the French and
Indian War
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Harmon's
Company of Snowshoemen - New
England Frontier Soldiers of the 18th Century
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The
Pennsylvania Company of Rogers' Rangers - Jaegers' Battalion
- Home site of the PA Company of Jaeger's Bn, a F&I War
Recreated Ranger Unit
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seneca-wyandot
historical education center -
john baer teaches native culture at your facility or at this
privately owned "hands on" museum
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Florida
Frontiersmen - commited to
preserving the skills of our first settlers, pioneers and mountain
men and host of the Alafia River Rendezvous.
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The
Kansas Chapter of the Coalition Of Historical Trekkers
- Trekking in Kansas, State Quarterly Newsletter, Message Board, and
Guestbook
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Rogers
Rangers - Web site for Jagers
Battalion of Rogers Rangers
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Fort
Osage - Historic Fort Osage in
Sibley Missouri
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Contemporary
Longrifle Association - Devoted
to the building, shooting and collecting of traditional longrifles
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The
Georgia Refugees - A Rural Rev.
War Milita, Campaign Style Group
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Jackson's
Lifeguard - An 1812' Campaign
Group
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The
North Carolina Chapter of the Coalition of Historical Trekkers
- North Carolina Chapter of the Coalition of Historical Trekkers
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The
Overmountain Victory Trail Association
- A group dedicated to the remembrance of the patriots who so
bravely gave thier lives at the Battle of Kings Mountain October
7th, 1780.
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The
Georgia Chapter of the Coalition of Historical Trekkers -
Our State Chapter's homepage & message board.
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White
Oak Society Fur Post and Rendezvous
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Contemporary
LongRifle Association
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Coalition
of Historical Trekkers
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American
LongRifle Association
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National
Muzzleloading Rifle Association
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Pre-1840 Living
History Publications:
"Muzzleloader
Magazine" * Route 5, Box 347-M * Texarkana, TX 75501-9442
"Smoke and Fire
News" * PO Box 166 * Grand Rapids, OH 43522
"The Museum of
the Fur Trade Quarterly" * The Museum of the Fur Trade * 6321
Highway 20 * Chadron, NE 69337
"Tomahawk &
Long Rifle" * The AMM * 3483 Squires * Conklin, MI 49403
"On the
Trail" * PO Box 276 * Sumiton, AL 35148-0276
"Backwoodsman"
* PO Box 627 * Westcliffe, CO 81252
Merchants / Suppliers
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G.
Gedney Godwin The Sutler of Mount Misery
- Specialists in 18th Century Military Reproductions
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Cabin
Creek Muzzleloading - Authentic
Reproductions of Colonial America's Finest Flintlock Rifles and
Accouterments
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GooseBay
Workshops - Handcrafted
tinware,copperware and brasswares.
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The
Trunk Shoppe - Historical
Trunks
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The
Mountain Top Trading Company -
The online side of The Mountain Top Trading Company; knives, horns,
shooting accessories and other trade goods!
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Olde
World Fine Clays - Hand rolled
clay pipes of the highest quality.
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Barkertown
Sutlers - High quality clothing
for the 1730 - 1770 period.
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The
Colonial Horn Shoppe - 18th
century style powder horns and measurers.
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Military
Warehouse - Wholesale
reproduction items
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Hatman
& Warpath's Trading Post -
1750's to 1840's Renactor and Buckskinning Supplies, Tents,
Blacksmith items, and other Accourements
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The
Rouge Lucette - Wooden Lucet
Weaving Tools and Book
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Lee
Archery & Blk. Powder Accoutrements & Raw Horns
- Longbows, Raw Holstein Horns, Finished Pwdr. Horns, Hand Woven
Straps, Shooting Pouches, and More
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Red
Mountain Art - long rifles and
indian art for sale
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FIRE
from STEEL - Custom forged fire
steels, accouterments, and carpet bags
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LONGHUNTER
LEATHER CO. - making and
supplying 18th century goods, wallets, canteens, haversacks, and
heirloom quality hunting pouches
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Thread
The Needle -18th Century Clothing
- Custom tailoring of Fine Fitting clothes for over 30 years
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Shawn
Webster-Quillworker - Great
Quillwork ..His quillwork is the most authentic and finest quality
that can be found anywhere today
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DM
Trading - reproduction trade
silver
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Kyle
Carroll - Art by native
Missourian and avid re-enactor Kyle Carroll
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Minx
& Tims Camp:Custom Quillwork and Wampum
- Specializing in Eastern Woodland Quillwork,Books,Wampum
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The
Scarlet Scarab--Temptations & Delights of the Past
- Quality Wool Blankets, Oilskin Cloth, and other fine accoutrements
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Boone's
Trace Trading Company - 18th
Century Reproductions, Reenacting and Trekking Supplies, Music and
Educational Programs
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Richard
Baldwin, Regimental Tailor -
specializing in 18th century regimentals
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Fort
Downing Trading Co. - Quality
clothing at affordable prices
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Red
Threads - Native Textiles and
Handmade Items by David B. Wells
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Loyalist
Arms And Repairs - huge
selection of muzzle loading firearms and accessories for museums,
reenactors, film, etc.
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DOUBLE
EDGE FORGE - 18thC & 19thC
Knives, hatchets and accouterments made in a period manner.
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J
Switzer Cutlery - Knives
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American
Pioneer Video - How-to,
educational and Reenacting videos
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Middlesex
Village Trading - Quality
Reproductions at affordable prices
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Joe
DeLaRonde Forge - Handmade
knives, etc.
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EARLY
RUSTIC ARMS - GUNMAKER
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Historically
correct Knapsacks and Haversacks
- knapsacks and haversacks
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Adolphsen
Bros Custom Muzzleloading Firearms
- Display of products
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Quillwork
by Swift Fox - Eastern
Woodlands Style Quillwork
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Povertyhill
Turkey Calls - Handcrafted
Turkey Calls
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R
E Davis & Company - THE
supplier of locks,tomahawks and other muzzleloading gear.
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Ken
Scott Hunting Pouches - Maker
of fine American frontier Hunting Pouches & Accoutrements,
Leather bound Journals, Folk Art & More!
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L.
Moler firelock riflesmith -
Maker of custom firelocks
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Treaty
Elm Traders - Period correct
tumplines, fingerwoven goods, twined bags and other equipment for
those going into the middleground
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Blount
Knives - Sells 18th century
hand-forged cutlery.
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The
Wolf Trader - Plains Indian
Style Jewelry And Leather Bags
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Blue
Heron Mercantile -
Woodsrunner's Supplies and Provisions
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Jason
Lonon, Woodworker & Blacksmith
- Hand forged colonial ironware & mountain dulcimers
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Harry
McCarty Cutlery -
17th,18th&19th century reproductions and interpretations
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WILDCAT
CREEK TRADERS - handmade
pouches,haversacks,and other equipment
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White
Fox Traders - a source for
great early print fabrics
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Tuckahoe
Trading Company - Hard to find,
High Quality Reproductions
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Historically
Inspirted Art at Nor' West Company
- Featuring the works of Robt. Griffing and John Buxton
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RawHolsteinHorns
- Supplier of Raw Holstein Cattle Horns
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The
Rifle Shoppe - Welcome to The
Rifle Shoppe online Catalog.
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Colonial
Reproductions - Maker of 18th
century wooden items
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Will
Shaw & Son - Harness and Leatherworkers
- Leather flasks, Bombards, Jacks, & leather covered bottles.
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Burnley
& Trowbridge Company -
Purveyors of linen, wool, linsey-woolsey, fustian & cotton. Also
patterns, buttons, tapes, buckles, clasps, threads, publications and
sundry items.
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Idaho
Knife Works - Maker of Custom
Knives of the 18th and 19th century
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Reproduction
Knives - Maker of Custom Knives
of the 18th and 19th century
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Scrimshaw
By Gary Fiedler - quality
scrimshaw on powderhorns
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Boone
rifles and hunting pouches -
Specializing in early Southern flintlock rifles for the trekker and
longhunter since 1967.
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Wooded
Hamlet Designs - Ribbons,
braids, tapes and embellishments.
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Powderhorn
Traders - 1840 Archery &
supplies
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Wise
Custom Knives - Hand forged
knives for the 18th and 19th century trekkers and re-enactors.
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Kootenai
House Trading Post-secure online shopping
- Northwest Montana online Trading Post selling various items
relating to 1800's,and more!
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Clark
and Sons Mercantile - Period
Foods - Camp Items
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Folly
Hill Enterprises, Ltd. Historic Textiles, Trades, and Consultants
- Providing authentic reproductions and research to museums,
historic sites, and living history interpreters
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Carolina
Calicoes - All manner of 18th
century fabrics.
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Old
Dominion Forge - 18th century
knives, swords and pewter
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Hand
crafted Hunting Pouches Accoutrement & Leather Bound Journals
- Great site to see the Hunting Pouches others have imitated, but
never duplicated.
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Powder
Horns and Quillwork by Scott and Cathy Sibley
- Investment Grade Decorated Powder Horns
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Northern
plains quillwork - Buffalo days
northern plains quillwork
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Nor'
West Company - Alaska's Living
History Specialists
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Family
Heirloom Weavers - period fabric
- Fabrics suitable for 18th c. Clothes
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The
Chicagoland Canoe Base -
Builder of replica birchbark canoes.
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Eholee-Opal
Designs - Quality Finger
Weaving & Southeastern Clothing
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October
Country Muzzleloading - 18th
Century Powder Horns, Damascus Knife Blades, Hand forged awl &
Vent picks, Tin Eye glass cases & Large Bore ball, molds and
patches.
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Colonial
Gun Works - Muskets, Longrifles,
Trade Guns and accessories.
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Caldwell
Mountain Copper - Copper
buckets and kettles
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Fugawee
Corporation - Makes of
Historical Footwear!
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Frenchfusil.com
- Custom-made French smoothbores.
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Eitnier
Rifles - IRON MOUNTED SOUTHERN
GUNS
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Shayna
Sweigart - Handwoven Straps -
Custom Straps & Sashes of the 18th Century.
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Otter's
Trade Silver - Purveyor of
Hand-Crafted 18th Century Trade Silver
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White
River Trader - 18th century
clothing in sizes up to 6X, period trunks, portmanteaus, hand made
one of a kind shooting bags of bark tan and vegetable tan leather,
period haversacks, powder horns and raw horns, & bags for shot
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Triple
"J" Trade Company -
Handcrafted Shooting Bags & Powder Horns
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Lehigh
Valley Spinning Wheels - Fine
Hand Crafted Spinning Wheels
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Ghost
Forge - 18th & 17th Century
clothiers for the full-figured and petite individuals
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Red
Bear Arts - Gun Engraving and
Period Clothing
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Thread
Bare Stitchery - Clothing
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Swamp
Fox Knives - Hand-forged period
correct early American knives
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Merchants
of the Middlewaters - Shopping
site for Historical Illustrations, Trade Silver, Historical
Interpretations, Festival Le Kansa
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More
than just Folk Music - 18th and
early 19th century popular and folk music performed on period
instruments by Jim Krause
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Trailhead
Trade Company - Shirts, hunting
shirts, trade shirts, waistcoats, and longhunter wares.
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Cobb
Creek Merchants - Clothing and
copper merchants for the re-enactor.
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Wilde
Weavery - Fine handweaving,
leatherwork, accoutrements and books.
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Chuck
Leonard's Page - Trade Silver
and Jewelry
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Barking
Rock Farm - More trade silver
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Mitch
Lige's homepage - Handcrafted
trade silver
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Small
Things Forgotten - 18th century
powderhorns and horn containers
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