American Frontiersman Magazine Guns of the Old West Magazine The Cost of a Frontier Life: A Look at Wages in the 1800s By Donald Wade Davis Have you heard the old saying, “two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar?” Cutting a coin up into eight... Read more »
Firearms Living History: Recreating the Muzzleloading Cowboys of Kansas By Donald Wade Davis Today, the cowboy is celebrated as a symbol of the American West, but during the height of the cattle-drive era,... Read more »
Firearms Carolina Pirates: The Coastal Buccaneers of the 1700s Frontier By Donald Wade Davis A hearty, pioneering lot of settlers first tamed the North Carolina coast in the 1700s. Settling in crude little... Read more »
