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Show Sun v. 30 million produced un etovjbh Dirag focu'alSy uraovjm by Glen Perrins Gleaming like new again is the famous Hi owning Gun Shop and pioneer home of Jonathan Browning in Nauvoo, III father of the worlds greatest inventor of firearms, John Moses Browning two-sto- rj Browning building a new city - Nauvoo miles to the north So Jonathan moved again, and between 1842 and 186 he worked -- which he did tered bought mo.ed from Quincy, Illinois, to Nauvoo He added a wing for in 1842 his gunshop and became gunsmith to the city , a skill which he attained in his early years as an apprentice in Nashville, Tenn , firearms work He was born Oct 22, 1805, at Brushy Fork in Sumner ( o , Tennessee, and he learned to shoot almost as soon as he was old enough to shoulder a The moment Jonathan enPorters gunshop, he was fascinated by the collection of tools which the gunsmith had in his shop. Jonathan said he would liketowork for him free in exchange for lessons in he making of gun barrels. However, within a short time, Mr. Porter began paying him $2 a week, as well as giving him h's meals and a hayloft room to sleep in. -- Inc when he banks of the Mississippi River, Jonathan made his new home and set up a new shop Mr. Porti r than to stay and work for him, but Jonathan was in a hurry to get home. He purchased some boring and rifling tools and several mandrels of different calibers for making g of barrels. When Jonathans father died at the age of 73, in 1833, Jonathan closed his ship, loaded two wagons with contents of his home and shop, moved to Quincy, about 400 miles away. Here near the wanted Jona- musket At the age of Id or 14 farmer gave him an old flintlock rifle that wouldn't work for a week's work Jonathan tinkered with it until he fixed it Then he sold it back to the farmer for $4, and with this working capital he began expanding hand-forgin- a neighboring 7 Vlt V' .? jvH, - tVfX Uf a ad A While here he invented a repeating rifle with few parts, one of the first, simplest and most practical ever made and one which brought him considerable local fame. a-- made unusually advanced firearms for Mormons who were migrating westward from Nauvoo to the Rockies in 1846, has been skillfully restored by the Nauvoo Restoration, this house business nearby, gathering repair jobs Thus he learned the fundamentals of welding, solder and repairing guns One gun bore the stamp of Samuel Porter of Nashville, e 30 miles Tennessee, - who now away, and Jonaman was 19 d more than six feet tall - decided hed make the trip and meet the gu.imaker, hand-forgin- , This red brick house of the gunsmith who Jonathan blacksmiths the l W1 ' I r in his shop. Here Jonathan began Vie manufacture and repair of guns. The first floor of the building served as the Browning Gun Shop, while the family moved upstairs. there as a gunsmith mob violence However, against the Mormons caused rioting and the murder of Jonathan's friend, the Mormon Prophet Joseph F. Smith on June 27, 1842. Mormons were forced to abandon their homes and flee westward across the River, led by Mississippi Brigham Young, famed r and successor to Joseph Smith, as president of the Mormons. co-lo- ni they reached the banks of the Missouri River and group settled in a spot eight miles south of Kanesville (Council Bluffs) on Mosquito Creek. Here, Jonathan established his business again, Manufacturing: (according toad in Kanesville Frontier Guardian) In June, 1842, Jn-ath- The CM 1 s, -- Improved firearms, viz: revolving rifles and pistols, also side guns, from 5 to 25 shooters. All on an improved plan . . . A n Sometimes during 1840, Jonathan became acquainted with members of the Latter-da- y Saint Church who were l: BEFORE . . . Here is the Nauvoo home and gun shop of Jonathan M. Browning, Nauvoo, 111., which Browning built in 1843. The Browning JfamUyc emigrated., to ltah when persecution of "the Mormons' began in Illinois on February of 18 i6. On Jan. 23, 1855, Jonathans son, the famous John Moses Browning -- - worlds greatest gun wizard -- - was born in Ogden and lived there. Browning home and gunshop at Nauvoo flourished. Jonathan Browning was chosen by Brigham Young to make guns and imp'ements for the Mormon exodus west. He provided the pioneers with his Slide Repeating Rifle, an ingenious arm whose magazine was simply a rectangular iron bar with holes to accommodate the hand loads, and his Cylinder Repeating Rifle, which operated on the same principle as the single-actio- n revolver. Both style guns were simply constructed, easily operated and quite effective, whether in supplying meat or for protection. The Repeater gave the pioneers much greater protection from Indian invasion and massacre than the slow, single shot. Indian tactics were to lure the wagon trains to shoot their single ball guns, then while the settlers were reloading their weapons the In- dians would attack in force. Owners of Jonathans early repeaters turned this trick to their own advantage. They would fire a single shot, then, when the Indians attacked, continue firing, to the fatal amazement of the red men. After Mormons helping with the early their wagon Browning came to Utah in 1852 and settled in Ogden, a settlement at that time of between 1,200 people and named after an early day Hudson Bay fur trapper called Peter Skene Ogden. In crossing the plains to Utah, trains, AFTER . . . Here is the Browning home in Nauvoo, 111., after it was restored this year by the LDS Church Nauvoo Restoration, Inc., group. children, Jonathan M. Biown-in- g added a log cabin annex (right) where his sons slept. He built another house and set up a gunshop in Ogden in the fall of 1852 when the To house his 12 city had only 1,000 population. ,k. Vi i Jonathan Jonathan was elected captain of his company and he did most of the game hunting for His own th'' wagon train.. household goods were loaded into six wagons and he arrived with $600 well hidden in the bottom of a flour barrel, making him a man of substance in the new settlement. Upon being assigned to help colonize the Utah community, he again built a house for his family and set up a gunshop. On Jan. 23, 1855, his son, John Moses Browning, was born. Known as Mose to his Ogden friends, John establish- - i ' a, S a.- 20, 1972 Thursday, April vv ru .,jMl w - yW'-'M- r sr i wVVirW Chronicle $ N wvwv. Vs ed in early life his mechanical aptitude and genius for He literally grew up guns. in his fathers gunshop and at the age of seven he made his first gun, a crude effort that he and his Matt, immediately took out to a nearby field and bagged three prairie hens with their first and only shot. From then on, guns were John M. Browning's consumAt the age of ing interest. 23, John M. Browning manufactured the single shot rifle which he patented in 1879, and sold for $15 a piece under the name of the maker, Browning Brothers, Ogden, Utah GRASS EDGING KITS Winchester Arms salesman bought one of the rifles and shipped it to the factory in New Haven, Conn., where the company vice president and general manager T.G. Bennett, saw the potential of the gun and made a trip to A For a1a- manu- The single shot rifle was produced in volume in calibers ranging from .22 to the .50 to Johnson Auto & Johnson $5,000, he bought exclusive rights to its facture. v TUNE-U- P USA. Ogden. -- IGNITION FIRST AID HIT - W Express. John developed new types of guns -- - repeating rifles, both pump lever action; shotguns, single shot, pump, re- peating and automatic models, gas - operated machine guns and the famed Browning Automatic Rifle, the infantrymans standby in both world wars. He became Americas great gun inventor, universally His rifles, and recognized shotguns were the choice of sportsmen and the Browning Automatic Rifle, machine guns and pistols were standard in the armed forces from the n War down through World War II. W TOOTHPASTE $ pana 6.75 oz. Size List 1.09 cj Spanish-America- PRELL SHAMPOO Winchester, Remington and Colt were made under Browning patents of which he held 128 issued between 1879 and his death in 1926. His rapid New Super Size 7 oz. fire guns were adapted to use in tanks, ships and airplanes as were his aircraft cannons. More million guns have been produced to date by Browning, Winchester, Colt, Remington, Savage, Farbiqutf Nationale and others. ' The Browning saga is one of the historical dramas of bygone years being illuminated anew by the restoration of Nauvoo, which in the 1840s was the largest city In Illinois and one of the 20 largest in the nation. Browning-designe- than 1.87 Reg. : 30 d Units , VITAMIN E 100 Caps. VfifiMiN Today in Ogden there is a memorial to the gun wizard, the John Mose Browning Utah National Guard Armory. Not only is it named for him, but it proudly displays many models of the inventors famous guns. McKesson flavored 100s Reg. 1.79 And nearby, up Weber Canyon, is located the headquarters of the Browning arms Company, at Mountain Green, Morgan County. A son of John )Moses Val A. Browning Browning, is chairman of the board, and his son, John Val Browning is president of the company. Another son, Bruce Browning is an inventor and a member of the board r? directors. The son Val, who worked with his father in the latters gunshop before his death, made notable THOMPSON TRAVELING SPRINKLER improvements on his fathers For example, the autoshotmatic double gun, designed for fast, precise shooting, and other light firearms. guns. nX SPRINKLER Yes, the new generation of continue to proBrownings duce and invent more and better weapons and firearms of the modern gun age! 88 super-gunsmit- TERRY TOWELS 'NI V 4if VACUUM BAGS Mf V.v ' -- x 2 - yV' vr X'1 WALL Lawn & Leaf CLEAN - UP V SWITCH Most Models 1.00 For Assorted 5 to a Package Seconds Single Pole Reg. 53 4) 38 inn yiiti n In nn bu 113 j MOSES BROWNING, worlds great gun on Jan. 23, 1855. inventor, was born in Ogden to his Mose Ogden friends. He was known as JOHN HERE are more than a dozen rifles and pistols invented by the late John Mose Browning, firearms wizard. jam 4 j L t. |