... What period footwear are you looking for. I found www.armlann.com to be a good source for period footwear from mideviel up to any period, Jon made me a...
Muchas Gracias Ricardo, I am doing mid to late 16th Century. I am looking into Armlann too. Thanx Bruce ... What period footwear are you looking for. I found...
http://www.highfiber.com/~bohemond/Bootshop/cavalier-page/cavalier.html $65, but with manmade sole, looks and wears great! (Marie Rose Shoe) Bruno Willinski...
Hola, Arturo! Como estas, hombre? Well, I have Roberto Valdez's and another amigo's e-mail address at home, but I think they're on the Soldado's listserv I...
Hello Arturo, I'm CC'ing this to Roberto Valdez, and another active member Dave Poulin (recently Dave has been trying to revive the Onate era reenacting). ...
I'm sorry I didn't clear up the confusion earlier. At an event in Yuma Arizona, several of us soldados de cuera were set up right next to Tim Burke, doing his...
David: I was interested to read your message about the presidiales of the Pike era. I have been involved in recreating the "other" side -- the Lewis & Clark...
Hola! The folks who contacted me are, I believe, Texans. However, one of the events they are planning to attend will be in Colorado. That is about all I know....
... How about Pike related activities in the UK? As it happens a few weeks ago our group spent a day shooting video for a Austrian film company producing a...
Hola Tim! No, I'm afraid I haven't heard about this British group, but I'm not surprised. The British, or at least many Britons, have a strong inteterest in...
Could you provide some more information on the Palace of the Governors event in October? There's a small number of reenactors here in New Mexico that may be ...
Richard, I got mobilized to active duty and have been out of the loop for a while. I appreciate the exchange of historical information. B. Waters Richard...
Mark Gardner (who recently edited an edition of Pike's journals) is giving a talk on the Pike expedition on Sunday, October 22nd. A group of us who have been...
I didn't receive a peep in response to my question about crenellations on the top of presidios. Do you Bejar boys know if there are design sheets for the...
Riccardo - I'll peep... I know absolutely nothing about no crenellations on no presidios. And if pressed, I would postulate that crenellations were too...
Sorry, dudo, They are real. Look at Rex Gerald's monograph on Late 18th Century Spanish Presidios. This includes actual archeological drawings giving the...
Hola Rick! What's this "dudo"? Do you mean "I doubt"? Or is it Spanglish for "dude"? David ... Spanish ... plans for ... idea of the ... of Tucson ... what ......
Indeed it is the case that some frontier torreones were provided with crenelations. However, it is certainly altogether likely that such features may have...
Jack, Thanks very much for the information. I will pass it on. I don't know if you followed early bits, but we have conclusive proof of 2 torreons and the fact...
... proof of 2 ... Hi Rick: I would be very interested in what you have on the powder magazine at ththe Tucson Presidio. I am doing a study here at Santa...
If there is any doubt of whether enlisted troops painted adargas, I think this quote from Medina's 1779 inspection report of Tucson should be good to note. ...
whether partes means places or parts of animals is not clear. Las Adargas se fabrican en varias partes, y por lo regular son tamano y ochura de los damas...
Hola Rick! I think we need our friend Carlos Lopez or others more fluent than I am to weigh in on this one. "Partes" can mean locations, I believe, and "in...