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. 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. 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 on July 17-18-19, 2026, at the Silver Bow County Civic Center. I’ll have more than 80% of the Elk Creek Company 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.