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[Award for Sam Myres from the U.S. War Department]

Description: Certificate for "distinguished service" awarded to Sam Myres by the U.S. War Department for his donations of saddles and other gear to the military during World War I. It includes two letters regarding the award, including a statement from the War Department Director of Purchase, Storage and Traffic citing the nomination for a certificate for recognition and a letter from the headquarters of the Southern Department awarding the certificate to Myres.
Date: 1919-12/1920-02
Creator: United States. War Department.
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Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[S. D. Myres Saddle Company Order Card #5]

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 Texas address is pasted on the back of the card.
Date: June 9, 1978
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
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Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[S. D. Myres Saddle Company Letterhead]

Description: Letterhead for the S. D. Myres Saddle Company with an image of two cows getting wrangled to the left of the logo with two cowboys on the right wrangling them; the lassos spell out "The Best" in the center, above teh name "S. D. Myres Saddle Co. Cow Boy Supplies. Below the image are the words "Wholesale" (far left) and "Manufacturer" (far right).
Date: unknown
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Sam Myres' El Maida Temple Membership Card]

Description: Membership card issued to Sam D. Myres by the El Maida Temple in El Paso, Texas. The card has two bands of green with gold text; in the center, to the left of Myres' name is a round seal for the temple including an image of a star on a pyramid with the temple's name around it.
Date: January 1921
Creator: Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. El Maida Temple (El Paso, Tex.)
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Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Letter from S. D. Myres Saddle Company to Ernest Daniel, January 6, 1941]

Description: Letter from Ernest Daniel to the S. D. Myres Saddle Company discussing their interest in Daniel selling them his plot of land located near their manufacturing plant. Daniel, though appreciative of the offer, expresses a desire to keep the plot of land so he can eventually retire and move there.
Date: January 6, 1941
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Advertisement for "The World's Finest" Saddle]

Description: Advertisement by The Heller Printing Co. encouraging businesses to print advertisements with the company by touting the success of the Myres Saddle Co. It includes an image of a $10,000 saddle made by S. D. Myres that was originally printed as the frontispiece of the Myres Saddle Co. catalog.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Heller Printin Co.
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Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[S. D. Myres catalog]

Description: Newspaper clipping advertising the S. D. Myres Saddle Company and its array of holsters, belts and gun carrying equipment. It goes on to say that Myres designed and produced the first belt holster for the FBI.
Date: May 1960
Creator: Myres, Sam
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Letter from B. H. Stewart to W. J. Myres, July 31, 1958]

Description: Letter from B. H. Stewart to W. J. Myres discussing that the city of Sweetwater accidentally made a mistake on the deed of the plot of land in the local cemetery that W.J. Myres purchased. They ask that Myres returns the deed to their office and they will make the appropriate corrections on it.
Date: July 31, 1958
Creator: Stewart, B. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
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

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
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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
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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

[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
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