Kentucky Rifle Association

1920

• 1920s created by George N. Hyatt and a number of early collectors and students of the Kentucky rifle and pistol
•  1924 Captain John G. W. Dillin, wrote “The Kentucky Rifle”
• 1961 Dilin invited a number of collectors to participate in an exhibit and discussion at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
• April 14 – 15, 1962, a second meeting was held at the Mountain View Inn, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
• 1975 KRA book, Kentucky Rifles and Pistols, 1750 – 1850
• 1979 Annual Meeting marked the 5th anniversary of our KRA Newsletter
• 1981 our KRA book, Kentucky Rifles and Pistols 1750 – 1850, was reprinted
• 2004 Kentucky Rifle foundation formed
• 2010, after thirty-eight years at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, annual show was relocated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• 2012 Annual Meeting, celebrated 50 Year Anniversary