History of the Store & Family

F.M. Light Receives the WESA Top Hand Award

We are so honored to have received WESA’s Top Hand Award for 2013. The Western and English Sales Association (WESA) organizes trade shows where retailers, manufacturers and sales representatives can conduct business in an atmosphere of fair trade and fellowship. The markets are the world’s largest trade events for the equestrian industry! During this last market, […]

A Visitor’s Memories

Steamboat is a wonderful town. It’s such a beautiful, friendly place that people keep coming back throughout the years. Thus, lasting memories are created. Since we have been in business since 1905, F.M. Light and Sons remains in the minds of many people. Here is one such memory, recalled by a Facebook fan named Linda: […]

Big News for F.M. Light: a Change in Ownership

We have a big announcement to make: F.M. Light and Sons has a new owner. Don’t worry, it’s still in the family; Lindsay Dillenbeck represents the 5th generation to own the store!  She and her husband, Chris, assumed ownership of the store from her father, Ty, in September. The Steamboat Pilot and Today wrote an […]

Happy Anniverary Month

107 years ago a new business was opened in downtown Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It was November 9, 1905 and the weather was blustery. With about a foot of snow on the ground and a severe cold enveloping the small community, it wasn’t an especially unusual day; but history was made. On that day Frank Light […]

Great Forgery Chase at F.M. Light and Sons in Steamboat Springs, CO

A forgery. Six-shooters. A chase. Yes, these are all elements of the story I’m about to tell. After all, F.M. Light and Sons was started in 1905; that was when the West was still a bit wild. It was a day just like any other in Steamboat Springs, CO. But, for the two sons of […]

Western Wear: Vintage Advertisements from F.M. Light and Sons

The past is so interesting. Whenever I’m feeling a bit nostalgic, I search through the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. In the early days, the paper to read was the Routt County Sentinel. You can browse through it to your hearts content in the comfort of your home. I enjoy searching for F.M. Light and Sons, […]

History of F.M. Light and Sons | Old Newspaper Ad

We have been in business for 107 years and counting. That’s a long time, so we have a lot of history to sift through. This newspaper ad was published in the Routt County Sentinel of Steamboat Springs on Friday, March 31, 1911, and appeared on page 4. Back then, we sold suits instead of jeans […]

Lloyd and Annabeth's 70th Wedding Anniversary

 Annabeth and Lloyd Lockhart, married November 20, 1941 Thank you for the fine example you’ve shared with us; Love, Fidelity and Commitment through both good times and times of trial and suffering. We love you, Ty and Betty, Brandon Chris and Lindsay Del and Nina, Dawson, James, Sarah and Jonathan Andrew and Bethany Daniel and […]