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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>“Lock,
Stock, & Barrel: Hunting in a Different Era”<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Exhibition
Opens at the Pickens County Museum on September 19, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Art and History will
blend well in the presentation of the enjoyable <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>“Lock, Stock, & Barrel: Hunting in a Different Era” </span></b>exhibition
at the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Pickens County Museum of Art &
History.</span></b> The opening reception for this show is Saturday, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>September 19 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m.</span></b> and
the public is invited. The exhibit will continue through November 19. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Originally rather
plain, it did not take long for the rifle to become a source of pride for its
owner, and by the 1770s every surface of the rifle could be used as a canvas
for excellently applied art. An accomplished gunsmith had to be a skilled
blacksmith, whitesmith, wood carver, brass and silver founder, engraver, and
wood finisher. While the European shops of the day had significant
specializations for the trades, leading to many separate tradesmen building
each rifle, the frontier had so such luxury.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> This “Lock,
Stock, & Barrel: Hunting in a Different Era” is a large exhibit that
fills two of the museum’s changing exhibits galleries. In the larger G1
Gallery, the visitor will view over twenty flintlock and percussion rifles
starting in a timeline with an early French Officers style Fusil (1730), moving
on to famous styles we have all heard about like Trade rifles, the “Brown
Bess”, Pennsylvania Long rifle, Southern Mountain rifles and ending with
a Palmetto S.C. Armory Style Musket (1842). You don’t want to miss the
opportunity to see a special rifle featured in this exhibit; an original 1846
Gillespie Rifle. If you want to learn what it takes to load one of these types
of rifles, watch one of our local re-enactors demonstrate this and talk about
flintlocks in the DVD playing in this gallery. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> In addition to rifles,
an expanded view of hunting “accoutrements” for that era will be
displayed with a variety of powder horns, shooting bags and knives. A special
collection of turkey calls will also be on display courtesy the collection of
the National Wild Turkey Federation in Edgefield. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Enter the smaller
Sealevel Gallery and you step into an exhibit that pays homage to the Trading
Post. The Beamer Trading Post, which was in the Estatoee Valley during
this time period, was the inspiration for this section of the “Lock,
Stock, and Barrel” exhibition. The old trade journals from this area
reflect a time when a hunter used animal hides (pelts) as a form of commerce to
trade “purchase” needed supplies at such a trading post. Here there
is a display on the steps involved in tanning a deer hide. A display on the
history of Black Powder will point out how Powdersville, SC got its name. Many
original trade items such as blankets and beads along with supplies like blocks
of black tea and green coffee beans will provide the viewer with even more insight
into the life of a Long Hunter or a Trader.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> The “Lock, Stock,
& Barrel: Hunting in a Different Era” exhibition will be on display
through November 19 so be sure to mark your calendars so you won’t miss
it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> The Pickens County
Museum of Art & History is funded in part by Pickens County, members and
friends of the museum and a grant from the South Carolina Arts Commission,
which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Located at the corner
of Hwy. 178 at 307 Johnson Street in Pickens SC, the museum is open Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Thursdays from 9:00 a.m.
until 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Admission is free
but donations are welcomed. For more information call the museum at (864)
898-5963.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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