John Jeremiah "Liver Eatin" Johnston

[MarTay6]

Came across this character this past week somehow... Liver Eatin' Johnston ... which piqued my curiousity even further- and found his webpage- Liver Eatin' Johnston. Now John Jeremiah 'Liver Eatin' Johnston was the basis for the movie "Jeremiah Johnson"- with Robert Redford.
I had never seen the movie, so I had to watch it last night. Not a particularly fast-paced movie, it's dated- but it WAS very cool to see the references to the Hawken rifles- as being so prized- and see the Hawken Brothers :bow: at work on the front porch of their shop- rifling a barrel... especially since I'm working on putting together a Thompson Center Hawken from parts & pieces. :grin:
Wes

 

[mooman76]

Good movie. Not 100% correct but a good movie none the less. Mountain Men with Brian Keith is also another good one.

 

[Bo dunlap]

If you can find the book its a great read . Far different than the movie.

 

[galamb]

You have watched the movie that started the Muzzle Loading Craze.

After that came out "everyone" had to have a "Hawken".

That resulted in T/C, CVA, Traditions, Lyman, Pedersoli and a handful of other mfg's (plus numerous semi-production shops) cranking out front stuffers in record numbers.

Some 40 years later the dust has finally settled with only a handful of commercial offerings from a limited number of mfg's even still available in side-hammer models - and none are even built in North America unless you pay the bucks for a semi-custom or custom piece.

 

[Ken Cormier]

Both those movies are what brought me to the dark side lol. I still watch them a couple of times a year. Have seen them both at least 150 times each or more no kidding. Wore out a vhs tape of both of them. And glad I did.

 

[MarTay6]

Ha! 'Mountain Men' is available on Amazon instant/streaming video. Guess what I'm watching tonight!?!? (good timing- wife's out of town for a week and a half :grin: )
Wes

 

[musher_vic]

The bio Crow Killer: the saga of Liver Eating Johnson by Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker and the novel Mountain Man by Vardis Fischer are both available on amazon.

 

[nchawkeye]

You have watched the movie that started the Muzzle Loading Craze.

After that came out "everyone" had to have a "Hawken".

That resulted in T/C, CVA, Traditions, Lyman, Pedersoli and a handful of other mfg's (plus numerous semi-production shops) cranking out front stuffers in record numbers.

Some 40 years later the dust has finally settled with only a handful of commercial offerings from a limited number of mfg's even still available in side-hammer models - and none are even built in North America unless you pay the bucks for a semi-custom or custom piece.

No,no!!!

That would be Fess Parker in both Davy Crockett and the TV series Daniel Boone... :grin:

I was in high school when the Jeremiah Johnson movie came out, remember the girl I took to see it with...The biggest problem, like most of Hollywood's movies is it is not very accurate...

 

[Ken Cormier]

Jeremiah Jhonson on reels tonite lol :wink:

 

[Preacher Jeremy]

Jeremiah Johnson is one of my favorite period movies, second only to Last of the Mohicans.

 

[Archie]

I was a mere lad of 12 when that movie came out. It didn't matter to me that it was not correct it was just a great story. But that was before I became a movie gun critic. There is still a warm spot in front of the tube for that movie.

 

[David W.]

The Hawken is not made any longer because the offerings, (you know what I mean), now days are more better. :rotf: Some people didn't clean their Hawkens, and they wound up ruined. They seem to think since the newer rifles "look" modern, they wouldn't rust. :shake:

You have watched the movie that started the Muzzle Loading Craze.

After that came out "everyone" had to have a "Hawken".

That resulted in T/C, CVA, Traditions, Lyman, Pedersoli and a handful of other mfg's (plus numerous semi-production shops) cranking out front stuffers in record numbers.

Some 40 years later the dust has finally settled with only a handful of commercial offerings from a limited number of mfg's even still available in side-hammer models - and none are even built in North America unless you pay the bucks for a semi-custom or custom piece.