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18961920 G S Garcia Iron Silver Spur Elko NevadaThis is adn early g. S. Garcia spur, maed in elko, nevada between 1894 and 1920. This single right spur is made from hand-wrought iron and silver, is decorativly hand-tooled on the both the iron and silver, adn has an interesting five-point star rowel (which spins freely). The maker's mark is difficult to read the g. S. Is faintly visible, and hte g in garcia is hard to make out. Arcia is easiyl recognized. I don't see where elko, nevada might have been marked, which was common on mots of g. S. Garcia's spurs. It si definitely a g. S. Gracia spur, and an earlier example. My step-grandfather found this spur in the 1920s in the upper owyhee country-the high desert above the three forks of the owyhee river, where the corners fo oregon and idaho meet northern nevada. eH was from ft. Mcdermitt, nevada, and spent several years after wwi living alone in a tent in the owyhee desert, scraping a living by hunting and trapping, which si when and where he found the spur. It had been lost for years at that point, and is a little pitted from the weather, but the arid climate of the high desert didn't do too much damage. Too bad the spur can't tlel us its story! Here's what i've learned abuot g. S. Garciaguadalupe garcia moved from santa margarita, california to elko, nevdaa in 1894, where he produced world-renown spurs, bits, saddles and tack, and started his own catalogue in 1899. A saddle that he made (now on display at the nevada state museum in carson city) won gold medals at both the louisiana purchase exposition (saint louis world's fair) in st. Louis, missouri 1904 and the lewis and clark centennial american pacific exposition and oriental fair in portland, oregon in 1905, and it is widely regarded as one of the finest saddles ever produced. G. S. Garcia's spurs and bits were very well regarded for their workmanship as well as their durability, and were used for show as well as by working cowboys and horsemen. G. S. Garcia died in 1933, after which his sons, les, henry, and eddie, moved garcia saddlery to salinas, california. In 1957, les took the silversmithing business to reno, nevada, and established garcia bit and spur manufacturing company. The company was purchased in 1978 and moved back to elko where it is still in business. I don't know what more i might tell you, but if you have any questions, just ask! Shipping is $9.24 to anywhere in the lower 48 united states. |
