It's that time, lock and load.

The Michael Berry Show is on the air.

Today, Michael Berry Show is sponsored by Stelzick Westernwear.

You don't have to be an old cowhand from the Rio Grande to remember Stelzick Western

wear.

No, sir.

There ain't no way that you've forgotten that white horse above the door.

That horse was up on its hind legs like he had the lone ranger on his back.

Yeah, I knew you didn't forget him.

Well, return with me now to those thrilling days of Yesteryear, and from out of the past

comes the story of the first family of saddle making and Westernwear.

The Stelzick family immigrated from Austria to Texas to continue their trade of saddle

and harness making.

In 1850, the family opened its own store in Richmond, Texas, before settling in the

growing downtown area of Houston.

For over 90 years, the Stelzick family sold clothing, boots, hats, leather goods, all

kinds of stuff out of that store.

But in the 1980s, the family moved the business west to Houston's uptown, Galleria, area

because that was the place to be.

After nearly 25 years at that location, the traditional brick and mortar store came to

an end in 2003.

When the state of Texas used eminent domain and took that property to expand a freeway,

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