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To all the friends on this sight that helped with their valued suggestions. This is the final installment on my store. Several of you have asked for pics so I'm postin em. The outside is a work in progress so the last post was pre windows. Mark Mcbride redone the windows on the second floor by hand. Mark replaced all the wood components custom made in his shop so tight he used the original glass, thereby preserving the original pigeon s__t. We still have the brick sandblasting and repointing as… Continue

I would like to apologize to all my friends on the site. Sorry I havent been available to chat or socialize but time is something I havent had much of lately. Since the store opened Ive been pretty busy getting it stocked. Plus my FPS contract went to 60 hours a week. Thank goodness thats over for a while. I have been scheduling events for the Lawbreakers and Peacemakers with our new President (Ed Kunkel) and Vice president (Roger Carter). So far I have been able to get a commitment for a 30… Continue

If any of yall are comin thru the Fort Smith Area on New Years Eve yuns are welcome to stop by. We are havin a cowboy celebration at my store, free coffee, hot chocolate and apple cider. Festivities start about 8 pm and last till we get sleepy. The whole town is comin so dress out and wear your irons. Have a great New Year.
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Well here its the Christmas season is in full tilt boogie.Welcome to this the last installment of the building story. Basiclly we have completed phase one being the downstairs. The store is open more or less and the website is under construction. Had some folks respond and ask what I'm doin at the store. We have a bar, a saloon with a piano comin, now stocking a full lineof Frontier Classics clothing and even custom built period clothing. This is the same lady who attires a majority of the… Continue

Well I'm starting to order stuff for the store. First let me thank everyone for their input on decorating the place. Of course I'm still working on the building and getting the stuff for the displays. I think the Fort is gonna loan me some stuff as well. They change theirs displays out regularly and might send me some of the old ones on a rotation. Which I greatly appreciate. But now its time to start stocking and clothes are my top priority now. The guns are already in my safe and ready to… Continue

Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.

'In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes

here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be

treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to

discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin.

But this is predicated upon the person's becoming… Continue

The reason for this post is so non reenactors or those who wish to be a reenactor can get a glimpse of some of the finer points of participation in an historicaly correct event.The original script is below. The rewrite is below that. All meetings and changes in the project will be included as they occur

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William W. Horne

Tales 2009

Good afternoon, folks. My name is William W. Horne, but my friends just call me Billy.

I was born in Warrensburg, Mo in 1838, but I left… Continue

I aint no preacher, I aint no bell ringer, I aint no right wing extremist and I aint no sheep. Your right to own any type of firearm is in jeopardy. Call your congressman, support GOA/NRA or any other A you choose. Do it now right now or loose em. You folks from the UK need to remind us colonials of the losses you have suffered. Sometimes our news is filtered here in the U.S. I will only post one political message and that is this one and will only say it once. Comments are invited.