Samuel Lombard "Lum" Hart (S.L. Hart) in 1880 set up a gun smithing business in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. He was listed in the Tombstone business directory of 1883-1884 as follows: S. L. Hart, 421 Freemont St, Practical Gunsmith and Engineer. Another business directory shows his address as 425 Freemont St.
Guns that were re-worked or repaired by Hart were often stamped with his logo, which was the letters S and L over a "heart", an artistic yet compact and simple way of saying "S.L. Hart."
One cold October afternoon in 1881 Hart heard gun shots from outside his gun shop. He looked out his door and saw men a block away to his west in the middle of Freemont Street shooting at each other. Hart had become an eye witness to what would become known as the Gunfight at The O.K. Corral.
Tombstone Mayor John Clum issued Hart a permit to carry a concealed firearm to protect himself and his family on October 29, 1881 just three days after the infamous gunfight.
Over his ten years in Tombstone, S.L. Hart became one of the town's leading citizens and businessmen. His daughter Minnie taught school in Tombstone's first school house.
Hart's was not the only gun store in Tombstone. Firearms and ammunition could be purchased at several places, including G.F. Spangenberg's where the Clanton's and McLaury's loaded up before the O.K. Corral Gunfight. But if gun repairs were needed, Hart's on Freemont Street was the place to go.
Later in 1890, Hart and his family moved to Tucson, probably to be nearer better medical facilities. Hart was feeling poorly and had been diagnosed with cancer. On July 14, 1893 the Star Newspaper of Tucson reported: "S.L. Hart, formerly of Tombstone, but a resident of Tucson for the past six months (actually Hart had been living in Tucson for almost three years), had died at his residence at 7 o'clock last evening. Mr. Hart had been suffering from cancer for some time and died from the effects of an operation performed on him." Hart was later exhumed from his original burial location in Tucson and then re-interred to Tucson's Evergreen Cemetery on August 11, 1910.
The legacy of S.L. Hart as gunsmith to the cowboys, gamblers, lawmen, and gunfighters of Tombstone cannot be over estimated. Today a firearm with the "S.L. Hart" stamp is almost priceless.
Source of information obtained in part from Tombstone Sentinel article, August 25, 2006 by Kenn Barrett. S.L. Hart photograph was gratiously provided to this contributor by Steve and Marge Elliott of the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona.
Guns that were re-worked or repaired by Hart were often stamped with his logo, which was the letters S and L over a "heart", an artistic yet compact and simple way of saying "S.L. Hart."
One cold October afternoon in 1881 Hart heard gun shots from outside his gun shop. He looked out his door and saw men a block away to his west in the middle of Freemont Street shooting at each other. Hart had become an eye witness to what would become known as the Gunfight at The O.K. Corral.
Tombstone Mayor John Clum issued Hart a permit to carry a concealed firearm to protect himself and his family on October 29, 1881 just three days after the infamous gunfight.
Over his ten years in Tombstone, S.L. Hart became one of the town's leading citizens and businessmen. His daughter Minnie taught school in Tombstone's first school house.
Hart's was not the only gun store in Tombstone. Firearms and ammunition could be purchased at several places, including G.F. Spangenberg's where the Clanton's and McLaury's loaded up before the O.K. Corral Gunfight. But if gun repairs were needed, Hart's on Freemont Street was the place to go.
Later in 1890, Hart and his family moved to Tucson, probably to be nearer better medical facilities. Hart was feeling poorly and had been diagnosed with cancer. On July 14, 1893 the Star Newspaper of Tucson reported: "S.L. Hart, formerly of Tombstone, but a resident of Tucson for the past six months (actually Hart had been living in Tucson for almost three years), had died at his residence at 7 o'clock last evening. Mr. Hart had been suffering from cancer for some time and died from the effects of an operation performed on him." Hart was later exhumed from his original burial location in Tucson and then re-interred to Tucson's Evergreen Cemetery on August 11, 1910.
The legacy of S.L. Hart as gunsmith to the cowboys, gamblers, lawmen, and gunfighters of Tombstone cannot be over estimated. Today a firearm with the "S.L. Hart" stamp is almost priceless.
Source of information obtained in part from Tombstone Sentinel article, August 25, 2006 by Kenn Barrett. S.L. Hart photograph was gratiously provided to this contributor by Steve and Marge Elliott of the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona.
Samuel Lombard "Lum" Hart (S.L. Hart) in 1880 set up a gun smithing business in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. He was listed in the Tombstone business directory of 1883-1884 as follows: S. L. Hart, 421 Freemont St, Practical Gunsmith and Engineer. Another business directory shows his address as 425 Freemont St.
Guns that were re-worked or repaired by Hart were often stamped with his logo, which was the letters S and L over a "heart", an artistic yet compact and simple way of saying "S.L. Hart."
One cold October afternoon in 1881 Hart heard gun shots from outside his gun shop. He looked out his door and saw men a block away to his west in the middle of Freemont Street shooting at each other. Hart had become an eye witness to what would become known as the Gunfight at The O.K. Corral.
Tombstone Mayor John Clum issued Hart a permit to carry a concealed firearm to protect himself and his family on October 29, 1881 just three days after the infamous gunfight.
Over his ten years in Tombstone, S.L. Hart became one of the town's leading citizens and businessmen. His daughter Minnie taught school in Tombstone's first school house.
Hart's was not the only gun store in Tombstone. Firearms and ammunition could be purchased at several places, including G.F. Spangenberg's where the Clanton's and McLaury's loaded up before the O.K. Corral Gunfight. But if gun repairs were needed, Hart's on Freemont Street was the place to go.
Later in 1890, Hart and his family moved to Tucson, probably to be nearer better medical facilities. Hart was feeling poorly and had been diagnosed with cancer. On July 14, 1893 the Star Newspaper of Tucson reported: "S.L. Hart, formerly of Tombstone, but a resident of Tucson for the past six months (actually Hart had been living in Tucson for almost three years), had died at his residence at 7 o'clock last evening. Mr. Hart had been suffering from cancer for some time and died from the effects of an operation performed on him." Hart was later exhumed from his original burial location in Tucson and then re-interred to Tucson's Evergreen Cemetery on August 11, 1910.
The legacy of S.L. Hart as gunsmith to the cowboys, gamblers, lawmen, and gunfighters of Tombstone cannot be over estimated. Today a firearm with the "S.L. Hart" stamp is almost priceless.
Source of information obtained in part from Tombstone Sentinel article, August 25, 2006 by Kenn Barrett. S.L. Hart photograph was gratiously provided to this contributor by Steve and Marge Elliott of the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona.
Guns that were re-worked or repaired by Hart were often stamped with his logo, which was the letters S and L over a "heart", an artistic yet compact and simple way of saying "S.L. Hart."
One cold October afternoon in 1881 Hart heard gun shots from outside his gun shop. He looked out his door and saw men a block away to his west in the middle of Freemont Street shooting at each other. Hart had become an eye witness to what would become known as the Gunfight at The O.K. Corral.
Tombstone Mayor John Clum issued Hart a permit to carry a concealed firearm to protect himself and his family on October 29, 1881 just three days after the infamous gunfight.
Over his ten years in Tombstone, S.L. Hart became one of the town's leading citizens and businessmen. His daughter Minnie taught school in Tombstone's first school house.
Hart's was not the only gun store in Tombstone. Firearms and ammunition could be purchased at several places, including G.F. Spangenberg's where the Clanton's and McLaury's loaded up before the O.K. Corral Gunfight. But if gun repairs were needed, Hart's on Freemont Street was the place to go.
Later in 1890, Hart and his family moved to Tucson, probably to be nearer better medical facilities. Hart was feeling poorly and had been diagnosed with cancer. On July 14, 1893 the Star Newspaper of Tucson reported: "S.L. Hart, formerly of Tombstone, but a resident of Tucson for the past six months (actually Hart had been living in Tucson for almost three years), had died at his residence at 7 o'clock last evening. Mr. Hart had been suffering from cancer for some time and died from the effects of an operation performed on him." Hart was later exhumed from his original burial location in Tucson and then re-interred to Tucson's Evergreen Cemetery on August 11, 1910.
The legacy of S.L. Hart as gunsmith to the cowboys, gamblers, lawmen, and gunfighters of Tombstone cannot be over estimated. Today a firearm with the "S.L. Hart" stamp is almost priceless.
Source of information obtained in part from Tombstone Sentinel article, August 25, 2006 by Kenn Barrett. S.L. Hart photograph was gratiously provided to this contributor by Steve and Marge Elliott of the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona.
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