Several rifles built in Hampshire County circa 1835 were on display today at the Peach Festival in Romney, West Virginia. Including rifles made by George Young, Zebulon Sheetz, James Rinehart and John W Rinehart.
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Relic Hampshire County Rifle
If only it could speak, we would love to hear the story this mid-nineteenth-century Hampshire County relic could tell. This piece was found...
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