800 guns on display

1956

Chadron, Nebraska

• 1837 James Bordeaux’s trading post established
•  founded by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
• 1953 acquired site property
• 1956 trading post was reconstructed on its original foundation stones
• 1956 opened to the public
• Included in the National Register of Historic Places
• most complete collection of these rare firearms in existence
• Indian trade guns manufactured between 1640 and 1911 in England, Belgium and the United States