Recent content by JaneTyson

update Update: I recently found a silver colored revolver with pearl handles that was my grandfather's prize for winning the shooting contest in which I had posted the target. I have not yet photographed this gun--it was believed to have been lost forever. The next time I go to Arkansas I will...

It has been so much fun and a great honor to be part of this thread. Wonderful that so many are honoring the memory of my grandfather. I have had a great time in Arkansas photographing what I am now calling historical artifacts belonging to my family. I had really never thought f these things in...

closer I am in Arkansas. I have the gun in my possession, as well as a target from a shooting contest that my grandfather was in, and an old newspaper chronicling his death. I plan to photograph these things in the next day or two.

You are all so kind--hopefully the thread will get better and better as I am able to share more information...I just wish I had known my grandfather. By all accounts he was a wonderful man. I did get his blue eyes, though...that is, after my dad got them first... :-)

No, I live in Oklahoma. And yes, we are distantly (with the emphasis on distantly) related to the Tysons in NW Arkansas. My dad became acquainted with Don Tyson in the 1970's and together they figured all that out, but I do not remember the details.

How did I find this thread??? Funny story. My boyfriend was online googling my name and somehow he found this....at least he told me about his snooping! Hahaha. Seriously, he is a great guy and I am so happy that he was able to uncover this...otherwise it might never have been discovered by our...

My family still has the .44 caliber gun mentioned in the letter from R.C. Tyson to Smith & Wesson. There are more details about this gun that I can share, once I verify them with family members. It is very nice that this letter has been preserved. My father lost his father when he was young; and...