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Lot of great Western materials obtained by the consignor from a family who by tradition attributes t

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:NA Estimated At:2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD
Lot of great Western materials obtained by the consignor from a family who by tradition attributes t
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Lot of great Western materials obtained by the consignor from a family who by tradition attributes the materials to Charles B. “Keno” Armstrong, an early Western stagecoach driver and pioneer. The lot includes a well-worn wooden trunk approx. 28” wide x 16” deep x 18” high that contains a classic old buffalo coat that is in overall good condition for its age with some losses to the quilted lining toward the neck and old trade cloth lining in the full length arms; a pair of well-worn unmarked grey leather chaps; an old classic worn wooden water gourde approx. 10” high and approx. 5” in diameter at the base and approx. 3” diameter at the mouth with old leather half cover and hanging strap; an old spear point knife made from a file, approx. 10” overall with horn grip and handmade brass mounts; an old sharpening stone in a leather covered wood box; a pair of old military officer’s style spurs with old leather straps, both very worn; one Mexican rowel spur; a leather carrying soft case with an old horn comb, a relic large metal spoon and an old Wade and Butcher, Sheffield marked straight razor with born handle. Also included in the trunk are two old books, first an 1887 dated book on Nature and another old book , “Thirty-One years on The Plains and in the Mountains” by Will F. Drannon. A history of Armstrong is included from the Barber County, Kansas website indicating “Keno” was born October 3, 1861 and died March 16, 1923. He was a stage driver most of his life; first for the Kansas Stage Co. (1872-1888) working primarily in the Southern Kansas and Indian Territory; in 1893 he drove stages at the Chicago’s World’s Fair and later was a driver “handling the ribbons” in Colorado. Est.: $2,500-$5,000.