The Main & Winchester Saddlery was established in San Francisco, California the same year that gold was found at Sutter's Mill in 1849, The Great California Gold Rush. The Main & Winchester Saddlery was a partnership between Charley Main & Ezra H. Winchester bringing one of the most diverse and popular Saddleries in the United States to San Francisco, California at the height of the California Gold Rush.
The thing that made the Main & Winchester Saddlery one of the most well known among the Old West Saddleries was the shop's ability to produce a large number of different varieties of items from Gun Leather to Saddle Bags. The Main & Winchester saddle varieties from ranged from Pony Express Saddles to Polo Saddles, English, Western and a large number of Military Saddles.
At the peak of the Main & Winchester popularity, the saddlery offered more than 100 different styles and variations of saddles to fit just about any need, also included was the ability the make the harnesses and tack necessary for any job at hand.
The Main & Winchester Saddlery lasted from 1849 until 1905 when Main & Winchester merged with L. D. Stone to become Main Winchester and by 1912 the Company was bought out Keyston Brothers of San Francisco, California.
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