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[Postcard of an S. D. Myres Saddle Company Saddle]

Description: Postcard with an image of "The World's Finest Astride Saddle," advertising a contest with the text, "This handsom Silver and Gold mounted Astride Saddle will be given away to the Rider who sends the most orders between June first 1917 and December first 1918 by S. D. Myres, Saddlery, Sweetwater, Texas." The back of the postcard does not contain correspondence.
Date: 1917~
Creator: S. D. Myres Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Letter from Sam Myres to R. C. Crane, May, 2 1933

Description: Letter from Sam Myres to Judge R. C. Crane apologizing for taking so long to write him back after his kind letter asking how Myers was doing. Myres explains that he has been avoiding doing work, and paying honest obligations and so that is why he has not responded. He tells Crane about a new book out that he has enjoyed and if Crane is interested, offers to mail it to him so he can also read it. Myres says that the next time he is in Sweet Water, he hopes to meet up with Crane to catch up.
Date: May 2, 1933
Creator: Myres, Sam
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Article about Sam Myres move to the West to chase business opportunities]

Description: Newspaper clipping that features an article about Sam Myres decision to move his business out of Sweetwater, Texas to El Paso, Texas. This decision was made due to the lessoning of ranchers that could be found in that area of Texas with more innovation coming about to make moving to other places easier and more opportunistic. The article goes on to talk about Myres son, Bill, who took on the business once his father had passed.
Date: August 26, 1986
Creator: Francis, Otis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Postcard with Cowboys lassoing a bear]

Description: Postcard that depicts four cowboys on horses and a bear. Two of the cowboys are trying to lasso the bear. The scene is set in a dry, mountainous area with sparse vegetation. On the back of the postcard there is a space for a message to be written. In the top right, there is a space for a stamp in the shape of a cow skull.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

Souvenirs of a Saddlemaker

Description: Short essay describing items owned by Sam Myres that were later donated to a museum after his death. In particular, it mentions a framed citation from the Secratary of War for distinguished service as well as a copy of the 1953 issue of the West Texas Historical Society Yearbook. A section at the end describes the Myres Saddle Shop Bicentennial Exhibit.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sheridan, Laura
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Photograph of Mrs. S. D. Myres]

Description: Photograph of Mrs. S. D. Myres wearing a light colored, collared dress. She has a gun holster to her side with a gun inside. She is also holding a gun in her right hand. She is standing outside in front of a tree.
Date: unknown
Creator: Myres, Sam
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Photograph of S. D. Myres Saddle Company cutout display]

Description: Photograph of a cut out display for the S.D. Myres Saddle Company. The cut out is of a man in a suit and hat standing next to a display of an elaborately decorated saddle. Above that is a display of a harness and bridle. There is a sign on the bottom right of the saddle that reads "This Artistic Saddle Made Especially For Sam Lard of the Ladder Ranch by S.D. Myres Saddle Co."
Date: unknown
Creator: Myres, Sam
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Note Written on Myres' Order Form]

Description: Handwritten note on one of Myres' order forms for the S.D. Myres Saddle Company. Text (front) "Downtown Store - originators -- style holster, Texas Hgy Patrol. Gen. Patton -- holsters that he carried in World War II -- at Museum -- at Westpoint" and (back) "Tio Sam -- 1897 established [stricken: (4 min's on BIll)] Saddle in Sweetwater - moved to E.P. 1920 Saddles for famous J. C. Miller of 101 Ranch & Pres. of Mexico -- left a branch in Sweetwater closed in 1934."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Sam Myres and his Buscadero Gunbelt]

Description: Newspaper clipping that talks about Sam Myres and his role as the inventor of the Buscadero Gunbelt. This belt was extremely efficient due to the fact that the belt "canted the pistol butt forward, and the holster toe backward, permitting the wearer to whip out his pistol efficiently and quickly." It goes on to explain that buscadero means "the one who is hunted" or "the one who was hunted." In the top right of the article, there are two pictures, the one on the left is a headshot of Sam Myres … more
Date: January 12, 1962
Creator: Braddy, Haldeen
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[S. D. Myres Saddle Company Order Card #7]

Description: Blank card requesting additional information related to gun orders for the S. D. Myres Saddle Company. It is printed with the company logo in the upper-left corner and several check boxes where the company would note missing information for the customer to provide. A Pennsylvania address is pasted on the back of the card.
Date: June 9, 1978
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Postcard of "Melrose and the $10,000 Saddle"]

Description: Postcard featuring Melrose Myres posing behind the $10,000 saddle made by Sam Myres of the S. D. Myres Saddle Company for the 101 Ranch. Text below the photo describes the saddle; the lower-right corner of the postcard including some text is missing. The name D. W. Voorhies is written on the back, as well as "S.D. Myers Shop."
Date: unknown
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Sam Myres' Calling Card]

Description: Calling card for Sam D. Myres with a portrait on the left of Myres dressed in a leather jacket and hat, pointing a rifle, with the text "Tio Sam of Texas" at the right, with his name in the lower-right corner.
Date: unknown
Creator: Myres, Sam
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Photograph of the interior of the S. D. Myres Saddle Company]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the S. D. Myres Saddle Company Shop. From the shape of the walls, it looks to be the inside of the Sweetwater shop, however the light fixtures seem to fit the time period he would have been in the El Paso Shop. The photograph shows a room with dozens of saddles in the forefront as well as other Western related gear hanging on the walls and ceiling.
Date: unknown
Creator: Myres, Sam
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[S. D. Myres Saddle Company Order Card #2]

Description: Blank card requesting additional information related to gun orders for the S. D. Myres Saddle Company. It is printed with the company logo in the upper-left corner and several check boxes where the company would note missing information for the customer to provide. A Florida address is pasted on the back of the card.
Date: June 9, 1978
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum
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