The Red River Brigade

The Red River Brigade

The TX/LA/OK/AR Brigade of The American Mountain Men

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Ramblings from the Editor – The Trace – May/June 2019

What’s Going on in Your Brigade? Hello the Camp! Well, it’s taken longer than usual to get the summer heat up and going, and I for one have been happy to take advantage of this cooler summer . . .  so far.    One of the pieces of feedback I consistently get from the Brigade,… (read more)

Ramblings from the Editor – from the Sept/Oct Trace

Ramblings from the Editor Fall is finally here!   Well, almost . . . There’s nothing like a cool morning to get you thinking about priming that flintlock rifle, grabbing your bedroll and heading off into the woods. After what seemed like a summer that would never end, we’ve had quite a few cooler mornings recently,… (read more)

Staying Warm in the Winter

Going back a few issues in The Trace, I found a cool quote from Cuz about an event he attended up north, in the deep winter: “For my bedroll, I layered up a canvas tarp on top of the straw already on the floor, two wool saddle blankets, a buffalo robe under and over me…. (read more)