Hello Matt, There is no easy way to know just what the soldados de cuera carried with them on campaign. In Anza's time, the government laid out considerable...
Saludos a todos, Anybody here know anyone in Pensacola, Florida who does mid- to late- 18th Century reenacting? I've heard of the Historic Village but I think...
With respect to equipment of soldado de cuera, I often refer to Max Morehead's book on the Presidio. It is a bit dated, but nevertheless interesting. On pp....
Howdy Thanks for the feed back. Here is a list of the gear i carry with me when i'm camping out as a soldado. Saddle Saddle blanket Bridle Halter with lead ...
The California State Military Museum has received an inquiry from a textbook company in Canada concerning California's Spanish colonial period. This is for a...
Thanks Mike, Dave actually called me that evening after I posted my last e-mail. Had attempted to contact him but since I hadn't heard from him I'd gotten to...
Greetings! I've been a member of this list for some time, although not a frequent poster, and I had really enjoyed the scholarly and always interested ...
The 2 major Indian uprisings in Alta CA I can recall are: the 1775 San Diego Mission Indian uprising and the 1781 Yuma Massacre. I personally know of no...
Did I miss "Guns for San Sebastion" being mentioned previously? I felt it was an accurate fiction of soldados. OK, it's time for me to stick my neck out on...
Hola Steve, Since I firmly believe that it is possible to be both authentic- looking and entertaining, I'll list some examples of what I mean. You will note...
dear Francisco, I couldn't read the file. It seems to me a clear depiction of a rebel attack to a spanish army train near a fortified house. In front you can...
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Hola soldados! I just found a site that has repro milled edge spanish silver dollars struck in silver. Called the company regarding price and availability and...
Here is a list of some movies I found to be rather authentic..Mountainmen; Jeremiah Johnson; One Man's Hero; Cutthroat Island; The Blackrobe; On Wings of...
Hola! Has anyone in the Mexican film industry ever made a film set in the 17th, 18th or early 19th centuries? All I have ever seen in the historical line are...
Saludos, While on the subject,of authentic movies of Mexico,has any movie maker,Mexican,or international,made a movie on the period of Mexican history,that I...
The "Captain From Castille" was one of my favorite films! I must have watched it 20 times on local LA network TV back in the 60s (yes, I'm that old). I...
Hola, Not only folks from Mexico, folks from the States, too. In any case, there is another film that comes to mind from this genre. La Otra Conquista is...
We collect bad costume movies so I thought that I would share a few. The worst in this genre is "Seven Cities of Gold." The plot involves the founding of...
Heck I was just happy to see the Burgundian Cross flag being wielded by the charging cuera in the openning title sequence of "Guns for San Sebastian". From...
... the 17th, 18th or early 19th centuries? All I have ever seen in the ... has done a film about Juarez or Father Hidalgo, Santa Ana, or something of that...
Hello Steve,and further to a sequel,to"Captain from Casile",if you can get hold of a book,by Samuel Shellebarger(burger?),called "Captain from Castile you can...
Glad someone else noticed the morions on the "Seven Cities of Gold". If you'll also look close, they are in shirtsleeves under their Cueras! Gasp! (But I...
Every once in a while there are "novelas" that show some sort of historic event. The most interesting and recent was one from a couple of years ago. That one...
Regarding Hollyweed's use of authentic or non authentics, do we actually want to see real authentic side of history in a movie or not. Yes, the clothing,...
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