by Marshall Trimble | Mar 13, 2024 | True West Blog
The Corps of Discovery used an air rifle to keep the peace. Below is the air rifle that Lewis and Clark took on their expedition and AMAZED the Indians! It took 1500 strokes to pump this rifle to full pressure, after which it could quietly shoot more than 400 .46 cal....
by Quickgrass Sally | Mar 27, 2019 | Features & Gunfights
Most every Sunday afternoon as I was growing up, my father would load us into the car and off we’d go on a family day-adventure to “discover new sights.” Perhaps these jaunts, and the fact that I have a pioneer-gypsy soul, make exploring the trails of the West one of...
by Jana Bommersbach | Feb 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
One of the biggest surprises in the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803 was what they found in the future North Dakota. The American explorers expected surprises, after all, their 8,000-mile odyssey to explore the $15 million Louisiana Purchase was uncharted and...
by Richard H. Dillon | Oct 23, 2010 | Western Books
In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark, by Wallace G. Lewis, is not just another title in the flood of books about the Lewis and Clark expedition. Instead, it is a survey of the celebrations of the 1804-06 exploration, from its centennial to the recent (2003-06)...
by Richard H. Dillon | Jan 1, 2006 | Western Books
This book on the Salish Indians of Montana, and their Pend d’Oreille kin, is the result of many hands from the Salish-Pend d’Oreille Cultural Committee. (Understandably, the Salish dislike their Anglo name, the Flatheads.) The Salish story is taken back to tribal...