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I think they were the originators of Ft Hall in south eastern Idaho that became a very important stop on the Oregon trail. Those guys got around........I haven't studied it, but they must have had a large facility in Vancouver? Great photo. I need to buy a fringe coat. Do you have a source?@Argonaut
HBC did ya say....
Here is my buddy Dave with our HBC flag...
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Yeah HBC was all up and down through here ...just no permanent posts or forts in my immediate area.
Andy
I think they were the originators of Ft Hall in south eastern Idaho that became a very important stop on the Oregon trail. Those guys got around........I haven't studied it, but they must have had a large facility in Vancouver? Great photo. I need to buy a fringe coat. Do you have a source?
I figured a good one would approach 1,000.............my good British wool blazers are over that these days. I will look him up. Thanks for the help..........my folks taught school in a one room schoolhouse on Ft Hall in the 40's before I was born. Lots of stories.Ft. Vancouver was indeed a HBC concern...Ft. Hall was started by Nate Wyeth...a Independent fur trader from New England.
As for a buckskin coat...many folks make them....many however are not historically correct.
Dave's ( mine now ) was hand made by Dave from brain tan elk.
The best maker of buckskin clothing that I have seen is :
The Stitching Scotsman he is somewhere in Idaho...and on facebook...I wish I had better contact information for you.
He is an artist...but be warned a well made / hand made coat will be in the $300 and up range....
Andy
Putting things in perspective, those mumbling about safe dings to their guns should be ashamed when juxtaposed to your traveling with all those guns, being constantly handled by not just you but others, and still looking so wonderful! Thank you for sharing.2nd weekend in August ( 10th , 11th and 12th )
Greene's Gunshop / The Hawken Shop
360.675.3421
4778 Monkey Hill Rd.
Oak Harbor
Whidbey Island Wa.
Open to the public ...Visitors free and family friendly
$25.00 camp and shooter fee
And I'll be there with a display of antique rifles...that you all can hold and even shoot.
Lots of great folks will be there and plenty to see and do.
Hope to see you there...!
Andy
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I need to buy a fringe coat. Do you have a source?