Museum of The Fur Trade Tobacciana Items

[plains]

Last week I visited the Museum of The Fur Trade outside of Chadron Nebraska. I'm attaching some photos - among them some interesting tobacciana items. I was fascinated with the tobacco boxes with "burning glasses
for pipe lighting. Their url is www.furtrade.org

 

[kg.legat0]

That is fantastic! I really love visiting museums. This one in particular has quite the tobacco collection indeed -very nice!

 

[canadianpuffer]

That is too cool. I saw a lithographed Hudson’s Bay tobacco tin on eBay for stupid money - now your post made me want it lol

I have tried to make a tobacco carrot with raw leaf, wrapping right takes frontiersman to do it ?

 

[Country Bladesmith]

That’s pretty cool. ?

 

[shanez]

Very nice!

I haven't been to Chadron in over 30 years.

 

[anotherbob]

hey who would buy a glass for lighting your pipe? Sounds totally freaking awesome to me.

 

[solideogloria86]

I was fascinated as well, so I went digging. Here's a reproduction of that style of Tobacco box. The burning glass, is a magnifying glass lense. A solar pipe lighter. Look out Hemp wick, there's a new old game in town for all those uber delicate palates out there!

Hudson Bay Tobacco Box With Burning Glass Lens (With Or Without Fire Kit) – Traveler's Antiques and Trading

www.travelersantiquesandtrading.com

 

[bullet08]

Man.. Those guys loved their tobacco.

 

[kcghost]

I've been to Nebraska a number of time but never heard of this museum. Of course, I was mainly going to Omaha and that's a long ways from Chadron. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[anotherbob]

Man.. Those guys loved their tobacco.

what else where they going to do. Play video games? Read the same book again?

 

[bullet08]

what else where they going to do. Play video games? Read the same book again?

I guess they could count the hair on a pelt x)

 

[ChippewaAce]

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing with us!

 

[romaso]

I just returned from a Mountain Man Rondy where the purists made & fired their own clay pipes, by hand (no molds) in a campfire. I saw one guy light his up using flint, steel, & charcloth. It was loaded with Capt Black Royal!

An interesting selection of smoking products, I've ordered from Crazy Crow several times:
Native American Pipes- Native American Herbs- Mountain Man Pipes- Pipestone Pipes (crazycrow.com)

 

[johnnyreb]

I just returned from a Mountain Man Rondy

The Museum of the Mountain Man, Pinedale, WY is really interesting to see, but it's not near anything. You really have to want to go there.

Museum of the Mountain Man

The Museum of the Mountain Man is operated by the Historical Society in a public-private partnership with Sublette County in Wyoming.

museumofthemountainman.com

The former summer home of Frank Phillips, Woolaroc, Bartlesville, OK has an annual camp. Already over for this yr. Perhaps that's where you were at?

Woolaroc Museum and Wildlife Preserve

Western history, art and cultures come together in a wildlife and nature preserve.

www.woolaroc.org

1840’s Mountain Man Camp - Event

Woolaroc's Mountain Man Camp, led by brothers Wes and Roger Butcher, is a living history event that recreates the life of a fur trader in the 1840's. March 17-September 7, 2021

www.woolaroc.org

 

[romaso]

I was at the Pacific Primitive Rendezvous, this year it was in the NE part of Oregon:
Pacific Primitive Rendezvous

Recreating the Mountain Man era, early 1800's. Great fun!

The real purists are the American Mountain Men
The American Mountain Men – A Brotherhood of Men

They often come to this and also have their own events.

Lots of places have local black powder clubs that have their own events, often a weekend rondy or so. Ask around in your area!

 

[deadidunn]

Very Cool!! Wish there was something similar close to me.

 

[romaso]

Very Cool!! Wish there was something similar close to me.

This group in your area. They'd know of other local events/groups:
The Red River Brigade – The TX/LA/OK/AR Brigade of The American Mountain Men

 

[deadidunn]

This group in your area. They'd know of other local events/groups:
The Red River Brigade – The TX/LA/OK/AR Brigade of The American Mountain Men

Thank you, I'm looking into it right now!