Seems J.P. Lower was a retail outlet for the wares of Charles E. Overbaugh and A.O. Zischang.

"Charles E.Overbaugh was a well known in shooting circles and was a Sharps exhibition shooter and the firms chief traveling salesman, and president of the New York Schutzen club."

http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=274513&page=2
Charles E. Overbaugh reference along with F. Huels, Madison, Wisconsin and of course there's one or several in the "Damascus Color" thread:

"By 1885 Charles E. Overbaugh was next door neighbours to Schoverling, Daly & Gales and had to be an agent as in the early 1880s Schoverling, Daly & Gales were handling Henri Pieper's wares and this 1885 Charles E. Overbaugh gives many of the items Schoverling, Daly & Gales were peddling, especially the "Charles Daly Gun": http://www.cornellpubs.com/old-guns/item_desc.php?item_id=544

DGS C.E. Overbaugh thread: http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbt...d0ddaf743c433a0 "

http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbt...true#Post236135

It appears that John Prey Lower held Schoyen's tubes in high regard:

The Rocky Mountain News carried word of Schoyen's death. In that story, J.P. Lower, the famous Denver outfitter during the frontier days, said of Schoyen: That man was an artist, an artist. He was the best gunmaker in the country. You couldn't beat him anywhere. And a fine man, too......"


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Raimey
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