Rifle Making in the Great Smoky Mountains. Popular Study Series, History No. 13.
Kendall AI. 1941. Rifle Making in the Great Smoky Mountains. Popular Study Series, History No. 13.. National Park Service. Washington, DC
The publication is a study of the history and traditional methods of making a Kentucky rifled gun. The study opens with a short history of riflemen on the US eastern frontier in the mid-late 18th century and is followed by a a history of rifled guns. It then goes on to discuss in detail the traditional methods of making a Kentucky rifled gun and its ammunition and the way a Kentucky rifled gun was used. The publication has many photos of traditional craftspeople in the Great Smoky Mountains demonstrating the art and craft of Kentucky rifle making. This study was prepared and presented to the National Park Service by Dr. Kendall, a pioneer private investigator of the folkways of the inhabitants of the Great Smoky Mountains. He has had a lifelong interest in mountain rifle making, which he regards as an integral part of the early life in this region. The Popular Study Series began in 1938 as articles published in the National Park Service's Region One (Eastern) newsletter, The Regional Review. The newsletters contained a collection of historical and scientific research articles written by experts in their fields. The quality of these articles resulted in repeated requests for reprints. The National Park Service reprinted select articles in 1941 as the Popular Study Series.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Kendall, Arthur
- Date of Issue
- 1941
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- daniel boone, eastern frontier, folkway, great smoky mountains, handmade, Kentucky, making of, rifle, rifled gun
See also
- New Echota: Birthplace of the American Indian Press. New Echota Marker National Memorial. Popular Study Series, History No. 6. Text from The Regional Review (National Park Service, Region One, Richmond, Va.), Vol. IV, No. 3, March 1940, pp. 24-35
- Hot Shot Furnaces. Popular Study Series, History No. 7. Text from The Regional Review, National Park Service, Region One, Richmond, Va. Vol. II, No. 2, February 1939, pp. 11-13
- Weapons and Equipment of Early American Soldiers. Popular Study Series, History No. 2.