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New Update
Finally,
the website updated. Apologies to everyone for the delay.
The 2011
Calendar of Events is up. Due to several smaller events and no
information available online, please contact any member on the Email Us page
for more information and directions to the event.
The Dispatch February
Edition is available.
To the
members any new projects? I just stopped by Ken Monroes
shop and he was working on a new trail for a
prairie carriage and man it’s looking great I will have photos of his work
coming soon.
Cannon Project
The work nevers seems
to stop. McGregor's Battery has sent in an update on the new cannon
project with updated information.
The new gun
is a 1841 pack carriage (mule carriage) and the
barrel is fashioned from the 1841 12-pound Mountain Howtizer from Hern
Ironworks. No photos of the barrel are available yet from our fine
artillery section. One may see photos at
Hern Ironworks.
 
Spring Drill
It's no use
complaining about the awful winter and the height of the snowbanks. Suffice it to say that this winter of
ice and rain and snow was not conducive to winter riding. So it was
with happy hearts 15 March came and the spring muster.
We won't mention the snow storm for tonight with an estimated 9 inches of
snow.
Winter Quarters
Just
because the campaign season has been over for a little while doesn't mean
that we've not been busy getting ready for the next campaign. While
some of us have been trying to wait out the bad weather and layers of ice
to get out and do some winter riding, others have been busy inside.
A few
gentlemen have been working on the newest addition to McGregor's
Battery: a Model 1841 Prairie Carriage. The axles and trail
pieces are being created out of solid oak to military specifications.
The antique wheels are near completion in the restoration process.
The field piece should be ready for Cannon School in May.
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