
Saddlery-Saddle Maker
1947
Carrolltown, PA
Holtz Saddle Company was founded in 1947 in the basement of the family home, by Bernard (Bernie) W Holtz in Carrolltown, PA. In 1958, he built a shop on his property and expanded the store to include a wide variety of “everything for the horse and rider”. For the next couple of decades he operated the shop, continued to make sought-after silver and leather articles, and with his wife, Leona, raised nine children. Bernie made 44 silver saddles in his career, including one owned by Richard Boone, of “Have Gun Will Travel” fame and several for riders in the Pasadena Rose Bowl Parades.