The Brazoria County Historical Museum opened a new exhibit on April 8, entitled For Food and Protection: Firearms from the Permanent Collection. The exhibit features some of the most well-known firearms from nineteenth-century America. For Food and Protection will be on display through June 3, 2005.
The firearm played an important role in America’s westward expansion. Not only did a firearm provide protection for the various threats that the settlers faced as they traversed the continent, but it also served as a means of procuring food during a time when families had to live off the land. The type of firearm an individual owned often was a defining measure of his or her occupation, financial standing and social status. Nineteenth-century weaponry, from the no-frills basic rifle to the very artistic expensive revolver, was an essential aspect of the American settlers’ lives.
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