A rare powder horn that belonged to an African American soldier killed in the Revolutionary War has gone on display in Philadelphia. The elaborately carved cow’s horn belonged to Gershom Prince, who ...

An 18th-century gunpowder container made from an oxen horn has been returned to the Detroit-area museum it was stolen from more than 60 years ago. Recently recovered by the FBI, the Nowlin Powder Horn ...

This powder horn, which likely dates to sometime between 1757 and 1760, is inscribed with a map of the Hudson and Mohawk river valleys. Details visible on the horn include Lakes Champlain and Ontario, ...

BELCHERTOWN — In the summer of 1971, Michael Corbett, a visitor to the Stone House Museum, arriving with his girlfriend, signed the guestbook and toured the historic building at a time when it still ...

They were convenient and functional, the Colonial grunt’s answer to the European soldier’s manufactured cartridge box. But through years of encampments, marches and battles, some of these hollowed ...

Q: I live in Gainesville, Georgia. I have heard your program on the radio on a few visits with my brother who lives in Gainesville, Florida. He suggested that I send you some photos of a powder horn I ...

GUEST: I brought a powder horn from the Revolutionary War owned by Levi Greene. APPRAISER: Mm-hmm. GUEST: He was a patriot in the Revolutionary War. Belongs to me right now, but it's part of the ...

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BRENTWOOD —“Powder Horns, Muzzle Loaders, Flintlocks and More” will be the subject of the next program at the Brentwood Historical Society Museum, on Sat., July 14, 2018 at 10 a.m. Two members of the ...