Pictured above is the homestead of a SurvivalBlog reader in northern Indiana. This anonymous reader has been developing his homestead since 1984. The pictured well pump is a reliable Bison Pump that is popular with preppers and homesteaders..
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This Week in History
On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission was launched, carrying the first men to land on Earth’s moon.
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July 14th is the birthday of Colonel Einar A. Malmstrom [1]. He was born in 1907 and died August 21, 1954 near Great Falls, Montana, in the crash of a T-33 jet. He was a decorated Air Force pilot, a Luft Stalag POW survivor, and test pilot. Malmstrom AFB was one of the settings for my novel Founders. (The base was named in his memory.)
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July 19th was coincidentally the birthday of handgun designers Samuel Colt (born 1814) and Gaston Glock. (Glock was born in 1929 and passed away in December, 2023.)
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In honor of the birthdays of both Samuel Colt and Gaston Glock, I am running a special sale at Elk Creek Company [2]. All of our pistol and revolver prices have been reduced, and I’ll include the bonus of an autographed paperback of an early printing my novel Patriots with the first 5 orders. The sale begins today (Tuesday, July 14th, 2026) and will end at 9 PM Pacific Time, on Tuesday, July 21st, 2026.
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I’ll have at least three tables at the Butte, Montana Gun Show [3] on July 17-18-19, 2026, at the Silver Bow County Civic Center. I’ll have more than 80% of the Elk Creek Company [2] inventory with me. If you have any of my books that you’d like me to autograph, then feel free to bring them along. The show opens at 1 PM on Friday, and 9 AM on Saturday.
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A reminder: All writing contest prize Elk Creek Company purchase credits will expire on December 31st, 2026. They are good for the purchase of any pre-1899 gun or any blackpowder gun.