1875 FA Meanea Design Fold Over Leather Cheyenne Cartridge Gun Belt

The 1875 F. A. Meanea Design Fold Over Leather Cheyenne Cartridge Gun Belt is a part of the most popular and most recognized Old West Gun Leather Sets ever made.  Our 1875 F. A. Meanea Design Fold Over Leather Cheyenne Cartridge Gun Belt is made from Premium Grade USA Leather in a fold over leather money belt configuration just like the originals offered from the  F. A. Meanea Saddlery in Cheyenne, Wyoming between 1873-1928.

Our Fold Over Leather Cheyenne Cartridge Gun Belt is made a full 3 inches wide with an opening for sliding your silver dollars into at the buckle end of the belt, that is why so many people refer to this fold over leather belt design as a money belt.  We make our 1875 F. A. Meanea Design Fold Over Leather Cheyenne Cartridge Gun Belt with a 1 1/2 inch billet strap which is secured by a 1 1/2 inch Stainless Steel Clipped Corner Belt Buckle.

When ordering your Cheyenne Cartridge Gun Belt you can choose from Black, Brown or Russet Color Leather with a wide variety of Hand Carved Western Floral Designs or Leather Stamping options.  The Cheyenne Cartridge Gun Belt is available in .22 Caliber, .32 Caliber, .357 / .38 Caliber, .41 Caliber, .44 / .45 Caliber with 12, 24 and full Cartridge Loop options.  Our Old Trading Post Fold Over Leather Cheyenne Gun Belt comes with the same standard border tooling as the original made famous at the F. A. Meanea Saddlery over 100 years ago.

PLEASE CALL FOR LARGER WAIST SIZE BELTS THAN WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE DROP DOWN CHOICES AT CHECKOUT

NOTE: Many of our Gun Leather Products are custom made to order for your exact specifications and may not be available for immediate shipment. Custom made orders may require 8 to 12 weeks before shipping. Please call or email to check for availability if you need your order sooner.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL OPTION BOXES REQUIRE A SELECTION BEFORE THE ITEM CAN BE ADDED TO THE SHOPPING CART.

E. L. Gallatin / F. A. Meanea Saddlery    1873 - 1880     Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory

F. A. Meanea Saddlery      Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory     1880 - 1890    /    Cheyenne, Wyoming State   1890 - 1928

Frank A. Meanea was the nephew of E. L. Gallatin and he started his saddle making career by working at the Gallatin & Gallup Saddlery in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1867 or 1868. By 1873, E. L. Gallatin had joined his nephew in operating the Cheyenne, Wyoming Saddlery after selling his interest in the Denver, CO Saddlery to Francis Gallup.

Frank A. Meanea & E. L. Gallatin continued to use the famous Gallatin Makers Mark Logo into the early 1880s when, buy this time, Frank Meanea became a very famous saddle maker in his own right, and from 1881 until 1928 the Saddlery was known as the F. A. Meanea Saddlery. In 1881, F. A. Meanea started using his own Makers Mark Logo which read as follows "F. A. MEANEA MAKER CHEYENNE WT" (The WT referring to Wyoming Territory) and at some later date the mark was changed to WYO (Simply for Wyoming). Frank A. Meanea was a very good Businessman as well as Saddle Maker, and he was a maverick in the Mail Order Saddle Business.

Frank A. Meanea was a top-notch artist with leather who designed the Cheyenne Style Chaps and the Cheyenne style holster. Frank had a brother, Theodore, who had a large business as a saddle tree maker, and Frank never made a saddle without a Theodore Meanea Saddle tree. As a note of reference, Frank A. Meanea never stamped the fenders of his saddles like other famous saddle makers. The Meanea Family tried to re-open the F. A. Meanea Saddlery in the mid 1990s, but this was a short lived business that only survived a couple of years.