“I make the world’s greatest museum thief ... and they know about it!” If you can’t tell already, Jack Smith is an avid historical craftsman, to the point that he steals from the best. He’s often taking pictures of original pieces, so he can note their construction. He’s one thief that museum officials don’t mind, as many of them kindly allow him to measure and examine the items, so he can reproduce them for his Medicine River Trading Company in Valier, Montana, near Glacier Nat

September 2005
In This Issue:
Features
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- Waist Deep in the Blues
- Splashing the (Drink) Pot
- Medicine River Trading Company
- Following Butch and Sundance
- Forgotten Trail of Texas Jack Omohundro
- Appearances Deceive
- Tom Mix or Lonesome Gus?
- Supermen and Women, Not Pygmies
- Anchored in the Land
- I’d like to learn more about outlaw One-Eye Billy Moore, who may be a distant relative of mine.
- Behind the Eight Ball
- In the Old West, was there ever a female peace officer?
- Can you tell me why stagecoaches are always painted red with yellow wheels and frames in the movies and on TV shows?
- Who was the soldier known to the Indians as Bad Hand?
- Deseret Saddlery