DAKOTA TERRITORY GUN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Association Office Address

DTGCA Vicki L. Morin Executive Secretary PO Box 5053 West Fargo, ND 58078 701-361-9215 message PRESIDENT Tom Seaburg Carrington, ND VICE PRESIDENT Daethal Dockter Milbank, SD

PAST PRESIDENT Brandon Maddox Sioux Falls, SD BOARD OF DIRECTORS Don Glynn Fullerton, ND Bob Lee Watertown, SD Kelly Lorge Bowman, ND Wayne Duncan Wyndmere, ND Laura Ennen Bismarck, ND Rick Drennen Flandreau, SD Dale Fliehs Groton, SD

DUES

New Member—$15.00 Renewal—$15.00 NO FREE ADMISSION

Effective 01-01-20

Life Member—$200.00 Include self-addressed, stamped envelope.

Renew at a show

or by mail.

President's message Recently my dog Bo died and I lost a great companion. He gave me unforgiving love and affection at a time after my wife passed that I needed it. I could fill a book of stories of Bo and I but remembered this instead. In 1981 the great movie actor Jimmy Stewart's dog Beau died. Stewart stopped production on the movie he was working and flew home to be with Beau to the end. I found it interesting that some-one so rich and famous could love his dog like I loved mine. He wrote a poem simply titled BEAU, I found comfort in it I hope you do too. BEAU BY JIMMY STEWART HE NEVER CAME TO ME WHEN I WOULD CALL UNLESS I HAD A TENNIS BALL OR HE FELT LIKE IT BUT MOSTLY HE DIDN'T COME AT ALL WHEN HE WAS YOUNG HE NEVER LEARNED TO HEELOR SIT OR STAY HE DID THINGS HIS WAY DISCIPLINE WAS NOT HIS BAG BUT WHEN YOU WERE WITH HIM THINGS SURE DIDN'T DRAG HE'D DIG UP A ROSEBUSH JUST TO SPITE ME, AND WHEN I'D GRAB HIM,HE'D TURN AND BITE ME HE BIT LOTS OF FOLKS FROM DAY TO DAY THE DELIVERY BOY WAS HIS FAVORITE PREY THE GAS MAN WOULDN'T READ OUR METER HE SAID WE OWNED A REAL MAN-EATER HE SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE BUT THE STORY'S LONG TO TELL SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT HE SURVIVED AND THE HOUSE SURVIVED AS WELL ON THE EVENING WALKS AND GLORIA TOOK HIM HE WAS ALWAYS FIRST OUT THE DOOR THE OLD ONE AND I BROUGHT UP THE REAR BECAUSE OUR BONES WERE SORE HE WOULD CHARGE UP THE STREET WITH MOM HANGING ON WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PAIR THEY WERE AND IF IT WAS STILL LIGHT AND THE TOURISTS WERE OUT THEY CREATED A BIT OF A STIR BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, HE WOULD STOP IN HIS TRACKS AND WITH A FROWN ON HIS FACE LOOK AROUND IT WAS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OLD ONE WAS THERE AND WOULD FOLLOW HIM WHERE HE WAS BOUND WE ARE EARLY-TO-BEDDERS AT OUR HOUSE I GUESS I'M THE FIRST TO RETIRE AND AS I'D LEAVE THE ROOM HE'D LOOK AT ME AND GET UP FROM HIS PLACE BY THE FIRE HE KNEW WHERE THE TENNIS BALLS WERE UP-STAIRS, AND I'D GIVE HIM ONE FOR A WHILE HE WOULD PUSH IT UNDER THE BED WITH HIS NOSE AND I'D FISH IT OUT WITH A SMILE AND BEFORE VERY LONG HE'D TIRE OF THE BALL AND BE ASLEEP IN HIS CORNER IN NO TIME AT ALL AND THERE WERE NIGHTS I'D FEEL HIM CLIMB UP OUR BED AND LIE BETWEEN US AND I'D PAT HIS HEAD AND THERE WERE NIGHTS WHEN I'D FEEL THIS STARE AND I'D WAKE UP AND HE'D BE SITTING THERE AND I REACH OUT MY HAND AND STROKE HIS HAIR AND SOMETIMES I'D FEEL HIM SIGH AND THINK I KNOW THE REASON WHY HE WOULD WAKE UP AT NIGHT AND HE WOULD HAVE THIS FEAR OF THE DARK,OF LIFE,OF LOTS OF THINGS AND HE'D BE GLAD TO HAVE ME NEAR AND NOW HE'S DEAD AND THERE ARE NIGHTS WHEN I THINK I FEEL HIM CLIMB UPON OUR BED AND LIE BETWEEN US, AND I PAT HIS HEAD AND THERE ARE NIGHTS WHEN I THINK I FEEL THAT STARE AND I REACH OUT MY HAND TO STROKE HIS HAIR BUT HE'S NOT THERE OH HOW I WISH THAT WASN'T SO I'LL ALWAYS LOVE A DOG NAMED BEAU

See you at the next gun show and we can swap stories about our dogs. God Bless all of you in the New Year. President Tom Seaburg

WINTER EDITION JANUARY 2020

SIOUX FALLS JAMES O. APLAN CLASSIC GUN SHOW

UPDATE Hi DTGCA members, I just wanted to let you know the results of our first James O. Aplan Classic Gun Show held on the new dates of October 26 and 27 in Sioux Falls, SD. We had every table filled with vendors from Montana, Colora-do, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Ne-braska, Kansas and I probably missed a few other states. The Saturday was slow as far as attendance. I think the primary reason for this was the rival football game between North Da-kota and South Dakota that was held in Brookings, SD just 45 minutes north of Sioux Falls. Sunday made up for the attend-ance. We had twice as many patrons on Sunday as we had on Saturday. Nearly 1000 people attended this first gun show in October in Sioux Falls. I saw many guns go out the door. I’m still waiting for a couple bills to come in, but I can say this show made a profit. We are working on the contract for next October. We MAY be able to expand into the adja-cent room if we have enough interest from our dealers and if the rental cost is not too high. If you are interested in having tables at next year’s show, let me know so I can get you on the waiting list. Rob Moore Show Manager

GUN SHOW UPDATES

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MITCHELL GUN SHOW ON SCHEDULE

FACILITY SECURED

MITCHELL, SD GUN SHOW Davison County Fairgrounds

March 14-15, 2020 Chairman: Rob Moore

605-630-2199 Call for tables

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VALLEY CITY SHOW February 22-23, 2020

This is an infant show but growing in popu-larity. With losing the Fargo show let’s make this show fill up with table venders by calling the show manager

Mike Seaburg 701-650-1233 This facility wants us and will bend over backwards to make our event successful.

GRAND FORKS SHOW

March 7-8, 2020 Grand Forks is another long running North Dakota Show. The Alerus Center welcomes our event, has moved us into the big Arena so more tables are available and will handle more guests through the door. Contact show manager Bill Braun 701-640-6260

DTGCA MUGS FOR SALE

Anniversary mugs are 30th anniversary (1991), 39th anniversary (1961-2000), 20th anniversary (1961-1981), 25th anniversary (1961-1986). These are in excellent shape. The following mugs are also in excellent shape not in any specific order 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. I can be reached at 507-439-6254 in Hanska, MN, email is billyjo@sleepyeyetel.net. William Colebank

Our Extended Sympathy

The Association would like to notify

you and recognize the death of the following members.

Bill Diamond Sioux City, IA

2004

Jon Kent Gontjes Peterson, IA June 2019

MEMBERSHIP TO THE DTGCA

Effective January 1, 2020 Membership cards will no longer be used for Free Membership.

This does not pertain to vendors or LIFE members

NAME CORRECTION Felix Bedlan March 7, 2019

A misspelling of a name is an infringe-ment on one’s birthright. Sincere apologies are given. The error was not-ed by Douglas Sall of Yankton, SD. He also added Felix was “Quite a Win-chester guy”. Felix’s collection will be gradually auctioned off.

I’m in color on the WEB www.dtgca.org

THE DEMISE OF A GUN SHOW Nothing is worse than hearing the discharge of a firearm in the facility of a gun show event. Complete si-lence, awestruck expressions, the sound of the “pin” dropping. Accident they say, well of course it was an accident but a preventable accident. A foolish action, whereas the word foolish is not a strong enough adjective, let’s try irresponsible. Dakota Territory Gun Collectors Association, Inc. has adopted a “zero tolerance” to any Discharge of a fire arm, accidental or otherwise; therefore a few loyal members have had their privilege of being a table renter revoked because of this irre-sponsible action. One sure way to see the “demise” of a gun show is from the discharge of a fire arm. Facilities will think twice when contracting gun shows, insurance premiums will sky rocket, attendance will dwindle from the negative coverage stemming from such action. Please, please exercise extreme caution with all arms, whether displayed on your table or brought in from the public. When showing your fire arm to a guest:

A) snip the gun tie B) treat the fire arm as if it were loaded

C) check before handing it to your guest for him to examine D) retie the firearm.

E) the same process would apply when inspecting a fire arm from the public

Never under estimate if your fire arm is loaded or not, treat it as being loaded and check, check, check.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2020 DAKOTA EVENT CENTER, ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA

Notice of Annual Meeting ***************************************

The annual meeting of the members of Dakota Territory Gun Collectors Association, Inc will be held at the Dakota Event Center (The DEC) located at 720 Lamont Street, , Aberdeen, South Dakota at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, Febru-ary 01, 2020 to take action upon the following matters:

The reports of officers, directors and committees. The election of officers of the Association.

All other business which may come before the meeting, or any adjournments thereof.

Positions up for election Vice President ND Two ND Directors One SD Director One At Large

Nominations for the above will be made at the meeting.

ORDER OF BUSINESS:

Call to Order

Establish Quorum Review Minutes of Previous Meeting

Annual Report Old Business

Seating of New President Election of Directors

New Business Adjournment

WORLD WAR II SHIN GUARDS Owner Terry Ennen Menoken, ND

From the Internet Shin guards have come a long way. The earliest records of shin guards date back to ancient Greece. Com-monly made from bronze, they were designed exclusively for soldiers fighting in battle.

Terry Ennen displayed the World War II Leather Shin Guards at the Bismarck, ND gun show in September.

AFGAN JEZAIL?

Owner Duane Wallin Owatonna, MN I have enclosed pictures of a rifle I recently purchased. I believe the gun is from Afghanistan. (editor’s note, when examining the pictures to what is on the Internet, is this a Jezail?) The gun is dated 1811 and over 5 feet long. The hundreds of inlays go all the way to the muzzle. RETRIEVED FROM THE INTERNET Picture and statement Jezails were generally handmade weapons, and consequently they widely varied in their construction. Jezails were seen as very personal weapons, and unlike the typical military weapons of the time which were very plain and utilitarian, Jezails tended to be well crafted and were usually intricately decorated.

45-70 120 SHARPS CONVERSION Owner Dan Mueller Keystone, SD

Sharps 45-70 120 Conversion Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore single-shot rifles. They were renowned for long-range accuracy. By 1874 the rifle was available in a variety of calibers, and had been adopted by the armies of a number of na-tions. It was one of the few designs to successfully transition to metallic cartridge use. The Sharps rifles be-

came icons of the American Old West due to their appearances in many Western-genre movies and books.

The firearm displayed is 16 pounds to hunt buffalo. The paperwork displayed with the Sharps had the name Wal-

ter Cooper, Bozeman, MT.

REMINGTON 700 ADL CARBINE owner Eric Bailey Bismarck, ND

The collection of the Re-mington 700 ADL Car-bine bolt actions were on display at the Bis-marck 2019 Fall show. Eric stated he is only missing the 280 caliber to complete the collec-tion. These arms were only made in 1962-63.

BUY SELL TRADE WESTERN AMERICANA IN BOOKS Proprietors Audrey & Darrel Spencer Bismarck, ND

The history of the Western Americana in books is what Audrey & Darrel Spencer display. They have been staples at the Bismarck gun show for years. Call for appointment 701-255-4494 or email dspencer@midco.net

Just a little story to go along with this article. I (Vicki) was traveling to the Pierre, SD gun show this lovely Friday morning. It has to be 10 -15 years ago. Turned down Hwy 83 and the further South I went the bluer the sky was but the ground blizzard was terrible. Finally made it to Selby 88 miles North of Pierre, came upon this motel and pulled in. Here Darrel and Audrey were right behind me, so we all stayed that night in Selby and traveled to Pierre the next morning. Had a nice visit with the Spencer's and to this day we still reminisce about the ground blizzard on our way to the Pierre show.

DAKOTA TERRITORY GUN COLLECTORS ASSN. PO Box 5053 West Fargo, ND 58078

2019-2020 DAKOTA TERRITORY GUN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION GUN SHOW DATES

SEPTEMBER 28-29, 2019 BISMARCK CIVIC CENTER BISMARCK, ND Chairman: Laura Ennen 508 N Bell St Bismarck, ND 58501 (701) 221-2638 OCTOBER 26-27, 2019 RAMKOTA HOTEL EXHIBIT HALL SIOUX FALLS, SD Chairman: Rob Moore PO Box 425 Mitchell, SD 57301 (605) 630-2199 DECEMER 14-15, 2019 ROUGH RIDER CENTER WATFORD CITY, ND Interim Chairman: Brandon Maddox 7511 S. Louise Ave Suite 101 Sioux Falls, SD 57108 (605) 610-8898 JANUARY 04-05, 2020

NO SHOW FARGO, ND Chairman: Mike Seaburg 25 3rd St S Carrington, ND 58421 (701) 650-1233 JANUARY 11-12, 2020 SWIFTEL CENTER BROOKINGS, SD Chairman: Vic Carter 18299 US Hwy 81 Castlewood, SD 57223 (605) 793-2347

JANUARY 18-19, 2020 BISMARCK CIVIC CENTER BISMARCK, ND Chairman: Laura Ennen 508 N Bell St Bismarck, ND 58501 (701) 221-2638 JANUARY 25-26, 2020 NATIONAL FIELD ARCHERY BLDG YANKTON, SD Chairman: Dennis Klimisch 43763 298th St Utica, SD 57067 605-661-8021 605-655-4619 FEBRUARY 1-2, 2020 DAKOTA EVENT CENTER (THE DEC) ABERDEEN, SD Chairman: Terry Ennen 16610 62nd Ave SE Menoken, ND 58558 (701) 391-2416 ANNUAL MEETING following show FEBRUARY 08-09, 2020 TROPHY SHOW-THE BIG ONE CONVENTION CENTER SIOUX FALLS, SD Chairman: Rob Moore PO Box 425 Mitchell, SD 57301 (605) 630-2199 FEBRUARY 15-16, 2020 RAMKOTA RIVER CENTRE PIERRE, SD Chairman: Steve Livermore PO Box 972 Ft. Pierre, SD 57532 (605) 280-2438

FEBRUARY 22-23, 2020 WINTER SHOW BUILDING VALLEY CITY, ND Chairman: Mike Seaburg 25 3rd St S Carrington, ND 58421 (701) 650-1233 MARCH 7-8, 2020 ALERUS CENTER GRAND FORKS, ND Chairman: Bill Braun 1331 14 ½ Ave N Wahpeton, ND 58075 701-640-6260 MARCH 14-15, 2020 DAVISON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS MITCHELL, SD Chairman: Rob Moore PO Box 425 Mitchell, SD 57301 (605) 630-2199 MARCH 21-22, 2020 CODINGTON CTY AG BLDG WATERTOWN, SD Chairman: Vic Carter 18299 US Hwy 81 Castlewood, SD 57223 (605) 793-2347 APRIL 18-19, 2020 RUSHMORE CIVIC CENTER RAPID CITY, SD Chairman: Keith Hakeman 7301 Pinon Jay Circle Rapid City, SD 57702 (605) 270-0764