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In 1918, due to over harvesting of waterfowl, Congress enacted the Migratory Bird Treaty which stopped commercial waterfowl hunting and set open seasons and bag limits on hunters. During the period of ...

We don’t know of a bad time of the year to enjoy a cold pint of your favorite beer. But, Fall is the home to Octoberfest and might be the best time to treat yourself. Fall beers tend to be a little ...

For most boys growing up in the United States with an interest in shooting and wing sports, the Remington 870 was their introduction to the world of shotguns. With over 10 million guns sold, it is without question the best selling shotgun of all time. ...

William Sydney Porter will be forever remembered in America’s literary past as the master of the short story. Under his pen name, O. Henry, he wrote over 600 short stories that have been published around the word. ...

The F.M. ALLEN Five is a continuing feature profiling what we think is the best the world has to offer. In addition to the clothing and accessories in our stores, we scour the globe in search of the best booze, food, music, books, or whatever else happens to catch our interest. ...

You would be hard pressed to find a fabric with a more storied and heroic past than Ventile. The fabric got its start in the late 1930’s, with war looming for the British Government and a shortage of flax that was required for fire hoses and water buckets. ...

It was the largest forest fire in American history. For 2 days – August 20 and 21, 1910 – the fire raged across three million acres of virgin timberland in northern Idaho and western Montana. ...

Wool is a staple of fall and winter clothing. So we wanted to give our readers a tutorial on the many varieties of wool, because frankly, the number of choices is enough to make a man’s head spin. ...

George Herbert Leigh Mallory was born in the village of Mobberly in Chesire, England on June 18, 1886. The son of a clergyman, Mallory was educated at Cambridge and worked as a teacher upon graduation. But his true passion was mountaineering.

We held the first in the F.M. ALLEN Lecture Series at our Franklin, Tenn., store on Thursday, October 8th. Classic clothing aficionado Dr. Andre Churchwell led a discussion entitled The History of the Modern Suit. ...

Early in the morning of October 14, 1947 United States Army Air Force Test pilot Chuck Yeager strapped himself into a glorified rocket loaded onto a B-29 bomber and took off from Muroc Air Base in California in an attempt to break the sound barrier. ...