Sponsored by the Kendall County Historical Commission, on March 30, Frank Graves, an early American percussion firearms expert, will present “Rifles and pistols used in early Boerne history including the rifle patent of Boerne gunsmith E.A.F. Toepperwein.”
Graves’ program is free and open to the public in the Patrick Heath Public Library’s Community Room at 6 p.m.
Weapons have always played a role in Kendall County’s early heritage, whether for food, for recreation by the German-influenced Boerne Schuetzen Verein (Shooting Club) or for life-or-death Native-American engagements, information from the historical commission stated. In his presentation, Graves will share the back story on a variety of pistols and rifles, several with Kendall County pedigrees.
