Samuel Gallup was born in Ohio. At the age of 21, he and his friend Van Daniel Boone (grandson of Daniel Boone) drove an ox cart from Ohio to California, after which he traveled around the West for a time, stopping in Denver where he went to work at his brother Francis’s saddle-making business. Gallup then opened his own saddlery house in Pueblo. The Gallup brothers, along with E. L. Gallatin, were instrumental in the development of the Pueblo Style Stock Saddle, which became the standard for the working cowboy. He also started saddle-making business in Dodge City, Kansas, and Durango, Colorado, but lived in Pueblo the rest of his life and, having married Miss Judy Brown of Kansas City, raised a family of six children. In 1878 he was elected Fire Chief of one of the Pueblo volunteer Fire Departments and served in that capacity until 1880.
Most of the information to create this series came from the following three books: Pueblo, an Illustrated History by Eleanor Fry & Ione Miller. 2001. Heritage Media Corp. Carlsbad, CA Pueblo, a Pictorial History by Joanne West Dodds. 1982. The Donning Company/Publishers. Norfolk, VA They All Came to Pueblo: a Social History by Joanne West Dodds. 1994. The Donning Company/Publishers. Virginia Beach, VA
Supplemented by various internet sources.