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Grimsley

Grimsley’s Dragoon, or Military Saddle-Tree

December 17, 2022December 20, 2022 Todd H.Grimsley, History

As found in Volume 1 of The Western journal, of agriculture, manufactures, mechanic arts, internal improvement, commerce, and general literature, 1848.  This brief outline contained much of the pertinent information about Thornton Grimsley’s dragoon saddle, it’s adoption by the US […]

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