August 18th, 2011, 07:44 PM
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found this from wax museum in grand prairie tx website. pik of burned movie car there also. now i'm really lost.
WHERE ARE THE WEAPONS NOW????
The Schwend Gun Collection originated from Henry Harrison Schwend a Clay County
Deputy Sheriff and City Marshal in Henrietta, Clay County, Texas. He began his law
enforcement career in the late 1880's. He started collecting firearms at the same
time. Before his death in 1924, he had amassed a collection of more than 150 weapons,
many, owned by famous outlaws and lawmen. In 1924, his brother Burton P. Schwend
also of Henrietta inherited the collection and added another 150 firearms to the
already vast collection before his own death in 1947. Without the family's knowledge,
the collection was sold by his widow to a pawn shop in Wichita Falls, Texas, which
eventually ended up in the Southwestern Historical Wax Museum in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Then in 1988, under very curious circumstances, the museum burned to the ground and
the entire collection was lost. Fueled by the wax figures, the fire was devastating.
The remains laid exposed to the elements for six weeks while the insurance company
negotiated a settlement with the owners. A number of pieces vanished from the ashes,
while others were retrieved by adjustors. It is estimated that 150 were simply bulldozed
and hauled to the landfill. The remaining parts and pieces, which comprised around 150
weapons, were sold off, piece by piece to individual collectors.
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED IN REGARDS TO THE WHEREABOUTS
OF ANY OF THE GUNS LOST IN THE WAX MUSEUM FIRE
Visit the Schwend Family website to learn more...
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