Firearms Through History featuring Annie Oakley

Ever wonder what the early settlers carried as they carved out homes in the Toe River Valley? Or what weapons were used by local men to fight the American Civil War? Join Author and Historian Michael C. Hardy for a discussion and demonstration about the historic firearms that the earliest settlers brought with them, used to fight the war, and even helped tamed the West. There will be a special demonstration by Miss Annie Oakley, who stayed in Asheville, taught a shooting school in Blowing Rock, and hunted in East Tennessee.