In the 1890s William Golcher become a partner in Clabrough & Golcher who bought guns from W & C Scott & Son.
Typical of IGC...
William Golcher went to England to visit his "ailing" mother. While she may have been sick, it was the final break with her husband. She died in 1879 in England, at the age of 70. Her husband James finally abandoned his failed gunsmith business. William had moved on years earlier to establish himself in Minnesota.
It was during this visit that William met JP. Most likely at a shooting event. At first William partnered with JP, then he bought him out. William moved himself and his family to San Francisco where he sold sporting goods, mostly shotguns and fly rods. William was a fly fisherman...
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