Long rifles
2025-04-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Mike Watson
Richard Phelps gave a rousing program on the history of the long rifle and its impact on the settlement of Kentucky and Adair County at the April meeting of the Adair County Genealogical Society. He exhibited various rifles ranging over several decades and from various makers, all of note in the realm of firearms manufacture. Comments | Permalink
2025-04-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Mike Watson
Richard Phelps gave a rousing program on the history of the long rifle and its impact on the settlement of Kentucky and Adair County at the April meeting of the Adair County Genealogical Society. He exhibited various rifles ranging over several decades and from various makers, all of note in the realm of firearms manufacture. Comments | Permalink
Powder horn for long rifles
2025-04-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Mike Watson
One of the notable items in Richard Phelps' long rifle collection is the personal horn of local artisan and workworking expert Ben Hancock. Comments | Permalink
2025-04-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Mike Watson
One of the notable items in Richard Phelps' long rifle collection is the personal horn of local artisan and workworking expert Ben Hancock. Comments | Permalink
Long Rifle builders
2025-04-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Mike Watson
Solomon Baker, who operated a shop at Gradyville, and his son, Thompson Jefferson Baker, were among a handful of local gunsmiths Comments | Permalink
2025-04-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Mike Watson
Solomon Baker, who operated a shop at Gradyville, and his son, Thompson Jefferson Baker, were among a handful of local gunsmiths Comments | Permalink
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