The Old West is one of the most fascinating and romanticized eras in history. Guns of the time were as famous as the men who carried them.
The McFaddin-Ward House is pleased to bring renowned firearms expert Jim Supica to round out its lecture series this year. Mr. Supica is Director of the National Rifle Association’s museums in Fairfax Virginia. In his lecture, he will examine history’s most famous firearms and explore the stories behind them. He’ll be showing guns attributed to colorful and historic Old West figures such as Jesse James, Texas Jack Omohundro, and Black Jack Ketchum. You don’t want to miss this one!
Doors open at 6:00. The lecture starts at 6:30. We have limited seating, so get there early.
To learn more about Jim Supica, the National Firearms Museum, the National Sporting Arms Museum, and the Frank Brownell NRA Museum of the Southwest, go to http://www.nramuseum.org/the-museum/the-curators.aspx
an and his wife Mary Jon collected a vast array of 70,000 objects from the Old West. Fine china, saddles, art, books, documents, artifacts from the Battle of San Jacinto. The collection traces the development of the American West across 2,500 years of civilization. After years accumulating more, the Bryans finally decided to move their collection from three of their homes into their new museum in Galveston. A historic building at 1315 21st Street houses the Bryan Museum. Known as the Galveston Orphans Home, builders erected the home in 1895. Just five years later, the great storm of 1900 heavily damaged the building where many children died. Operators rebuilt the orphanage and operated it until 1984. The remains stood for a very long time waiting to be resurrected by someone like J.P.Bryan.
o keep our programs fresh and exciting for the public,” says museum director, Allen Lea. “Once we conceive the idea of what might be interesting, we go for the best person in that field; at least, the best we can afford.”