Greensboro Historical Museum

This is what John has decided on.  It's attached to a Presbyterian Church!  I'm actually just kind of playing along.  A museum.  Inside a church.  How good could this be?

We step inside, and there is an ancient gatekeeper who suggests to us to start at the top and work our way down.  Take the circular staircase or the elevator.  At least, he says, that's what he's been told to tell visitors.  (I'm thinkin', in for a penny, in for a pound and head for the stairs.)

Surprise, surprise, surprise.  Inside this church we find one of the largest, most comprehensive, best documented collection of Civil War weapons anywhere - and a 770-page book copyrighted in 1996 cataloging all of it!

There is a separate showcase for each source for the guns - mostly rifles.  John was pleased to find one dedicated to Texas:

And that some of the guns were manufactured in Tyler!

 

 And a bit of Texas history, too. (#16)

This was pretty cool.  Most everyone knows about the Derringer - a tiny lil' pocket pistol usually good for one shot; sometimes you see a double-barrel Derringer that will give you two shots.  How about a FOUR-barrel ?

Curiosity took over, and I did a lil' research.  Did you know they make a SIXTEEN-barrel now?  and one that shoots SHOTGUN shells?  What kind of kick must that puppy have !?!

There was more than just weapons:

There was much more to this museum - too much to relate in a single posting - so you will have to check back over the next SEVERAL days to get a clue to just some of it.  This place deserves your personal attention, so definitely put it on your to-do list.