There isn't as much history in this book as I would like to see, but there is enough to be interesting. Some things change. Some things go full circle. And some things get better... Like I said in my last post, I was really interested in the history of saddle trees and saddle tree makers as I read through this book. I found some information on them,… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/they-saddle-treed-the-west/
I have just re-read this book about the history of North American saddles and trees over the past 200 or so years. Some interesting stuff here... I recently re-read the book They Saddled the West by Lee M. Rice and Glenn R. Vernam. It was published in 1975 and is a history of a lot of the major names in saddle making… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/they-saddled-the-west/
