2016 MESDA Saturday Seminar: Rifle Makers of Kentucky, Georgia, and North Carolina
September
17, 2016
MESDA
Saturday Seminar:
"Rifle Makers of Kentucky, Georgia, and North
Carolina"
This program
provides a once in a lifetime opportunity to personally examine some of the
most important early rifles ever made in the South.
The
seminar will feature three prominent experts in the field of southern
longrifle studies: Mel Hankla (American Historic Services, Jamestown,
Kentucky), C. Michael Briggs (author and independent scholar, Greensboro, North
Carolina), and Wayne Elliott (author and independent scholar, Blue Ridge,
Georgia).
The day-long
program will also include an exhibit of longrifles provided by the three
speakers and related to their lecture topics.
Saturday,
September 17, 2016
"Up The Valley and Thru the Gap: Following the Migration of Kentucky Rifle
Smiths"
Mel Hankla
American Historic Services, Jamestown,
Kentucky
"Longrifle Makers of Rowan County, North
Carolina"
C. Michael Briggs
Author and Independent Scholar
Greensboro, North Carolina
"Longrifle Makers of Mecklenberg County,
North Carolina"
C. Michael Briggs
Author and Independent
Scholar
Greensboro, North Carolina
"Early 19th-Century Master Gunsmiths of
Georgia: Wiley Higgins and Richard Allen"
Wayne Elliott
Author
and Independent Scholar
Blue Ridge, Georgia
Collection Study
Seminar participants can
interact with speakers and objects from their personal collections
Question
and Answer sessions will follow each lecture
Cost
$95 General
Registration
$90 for
Friends of MESDA or Friends of Old Salem
Registration
Space is
limited. Pre-registration is required to ensure a place.
The deadline for
registration is September 8, 2016.
You can also contact MESDA at 336-721-7374 or emailmesdaprograms@oldsalem.org
More information can be found here.
More information can be found here.
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