The Fur Trade was the catalyst that opened America west of the Mississippi. These videos will give you an idea of how it all began.
Living in eighteenth century America was a life of limited resources and few conveniences. Learn how people adapted makes for fascinating reading.
On the frontier, hunting was not a sport, but a survival necessity. Read stories inspired by hunting in early America.
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The Cap and Ball Channel , created by Balázs Németh, is an excellent source for information abut period firearms. A member of the Hungarian Black Powder Rifle Team, he is both a shooter and a firearms historial. He has written on weapons from the seventeenth century arquebus and the evolution of early single shot cartridge weapons. We have included a collection of posts that are most appropriate for Buckskinners.
Getting Started In Living History
This collection of Townsend videos gives you an idea of life in colonial life to those who lived in settlements in early America.