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Guns from Adair and Green shown at KY History Museum Richard Phelps has been a collector of Kentucky long rifles for many years with interest and study in both flintlock and percussion rifles. Two rifles in his collection are rifles made by his great great great great grandfather Solomon Baker in Gradyville in the early 1800s. The display will run through October 22, 2019 in the Thomas Clark Center for Kentucky History, 100 West Broadway Frankfort, KY From The Center for Kentucky History “Into the Bluegrass - Rifles of the Kentucky Frontier” is an exhibit of 27 Kentucky long rifles made by Kentucky gun makers being shown at the Kentucky History Museum in Frankfort, Kentucky. One of the rifles in the 27 rifle exhibit belongs to Columbia gun collector Richard Phelps. The rifle Phelps has on loan for the exhibit is a Settles rifle # 548 made in Greensburg, KY by gun builder Simon Settles in about 1850. Simon Settles and his two sons Felix and Willis built many rifles in the southern Kentucky region for several years. Settles rifles are highly collectable and most are family heirlooms passed from generation to generation. The Settles rifle is representative of the very end of the muzzle loading rifle era in Kentucky. The exhibit displays the 27 rifles built across the Commonwealth of Kentucky spanning from 1780 through the 1850 era. Also on display are 7 rare powderhorns by Georgetown, Kentucky’s Tansel Family. Also on display is a dagger belonging to George Rogers Clark and the axe, powderhorn and snuffmull that belonged to Kentucky’s first Gov. Isaac Shelby. Richard Phelps has been a collector of Kentucky long rifles for many years with interest and study in both flintlock and percussion rifles. Two rifles in his collection are rifles made by his great great great great grandfather Solomon Baker in Gradyville, Ky in the early 1800s. Several other Adair County families have Baker rifles in the hands of descendants as well. The exhibit opened April 23, 2019 and will run through October 22, 2019 in the Thomas Clark Center for Kentucky History 100 West Broadway Frankfort, KY to date there have been more than 11,000 visitors through the exhibit. This story was posted on 2019-09-04 07:31:38
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