Monthly Archives: September 2005

Recommended Region: The Grande Ronde Valley Union, Wallowa, and Baker Counties, in Northeastern Oregon

  By James Wesley Rawles | September 30, 2005 - 1:43 pm | ,   Print This Post   |   Email This Post   |
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This region is on the east side of the Blue Mountains Statistics (for La Grande): Average high temperature in August: 85. Average low temperature in January: 23.1. Average snowfall in January: 6.7”. Growing season: 160 days. Advantages: Proximity to good hunting and firewood sources in “The Blues.” More plentiful water … Continue reading →

Letter Re: Mormons, Knives, and Olive Oil

  By James Wesley Rawles | September 30, 2005 - 1:42 pm | ,   Print This Post   |   Email This Post   |
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Jim: I am an non-denominational Christian, (not a Mormon), but I do appreciate the fairness you exhibit on your blog. The Mormon man’s recent comments were good reading and I hope his view is representative of all Mormons. Thank you for your fairness and honesty. ABOUT KNIVES: I have found … Continue reading →

Letter Re: Retreat Architecture

  By James Wesley Rawles | September 30, 2005 - 1:42 pm | ,   Print This Post   |   Email This Post   |
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Hello from a long-time fan. With some of the discussions going into how to build a home that will be designed with survival in mind, I’d thought that the following may be useful (If you haven’t seen this stuff already). I’ve been researching extensively differing home structures and came across … Continue reading →

Letter Re: Advice on Missouri’s Retreat Potential?

  By James Wesley Rawles | September 30, 2005 - 1:41 pm | ,   Print This Post   |   Email This Post   |
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Mr. Rawles, I realize you are busy, and appreciate any response you can supply. I am residing about 20 miles out of St. Louis, Missouri. I realize my close proximity to such a large urban area is far from ideal, but I do not have the financial security to quit … Continue reading →

Letter Re: Buckshot Bruce’s –“I Could Never Eat That!” Article

  By James Wesley Rawles | September 30, 2005 - 1:40 pm | ,   Print This Post   |   Email This Post   |
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Hello Jim, I really enjoyed Buckshot’s post on eating wild game. Like him we eat “off the land,” on a regular basis. There is bear, beaver, turtle, pheasant, muskrat, rabbit, squirrel and venison in our freezer right now. We recently tried canning up some blue gill with great success.Free food … Continue reading →

Recommended Region: The Umpqua River Valley (Douglas County, Southwest Oregon)

  By James Wesley Rawles | September 29, 2005 - 2:06 pm | ,   Print This Post   |   Email This Post   |
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The agricultural Umpqua River Valley is one of my most highly recommended regions in Oregon. Unlike the Willamette Valley–Oregon’s largest agricultural region, which may get swarmed by the masses from Portland and Salem, the Umpqua River Valley has relative geographic isolation. However, the proximity of the major population centers of … Continue reading →

From Buckshot Bruce–“I Could Never Eat That!”

  By James Wesley Rawles | September 29, 2005 - 2:04 pm | ,   Print This Post   |   Email This Post   |
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“I could never eat that!” I can’t tell you the numbers of times I have heard that one! With normal grocery-store-plastic-and-foam-to-grill crowd I can understand that statement. But from hunters? I have seen people look down their nose at suggesting eating wild game but mention other animals and they freak … Continue reading →

Letter Re: Google’s Aerial Topographic Map Site

  By James Wesley Rawles | September 29, 2005 - 2:02 pm |   Print This Post   |   Email This Post   |
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Just a little more information on Google Earth (also available for free from Google if you type “Google Earth” in Google.com) and Google Maps satellite view (also free) maps.google.com – you can use street addresses any time – usually easiest done in 100 Main Street, 42276 or some similar fashion. … Continue reading →

Letter Re: Redoubling Our Efforts

  By James Wesley Rawles | September 29, 2005 - 2:01 pm | , ,   Print This Post   |   Email This Post   |
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Hi Jim, Our first mountain snow of the season here in Wyoming has re-vitalized our preparation efforts. We took a good, hard look at the homestead and made some substantial improvements this past week or two. Transportation – I took my EMP-proof 1984 diesel 4X4 in for the new steering … Continue reading →