Burns 1876 is an accessories brand founded in Loa, Utah, in 1876. It is headquartered in Salina, Utah.
In 1962 Vern Burns, a Salina saddler, patented a pocket for pickup trucks. The Pik Poket hung on the back of the seat and opened when the seat back tipped forward. In 1971 his son Dan and Dan's wife Donna launched saddle blanket style seat covers, and demand put the shop on two shifts. A family that had outfitted horses since 1876 had found the vehicle that replaced them.
Miles Lamonie Burns founded the business in 1876 in Loa, near Capitol Reef, making harness and saddles. His son Vivian opened a shop in Salina in 1898 and got so busy he hired three men just to hand stitch. In the 1930s Vivian designed pack bag strapping that replaced the old Diamond Hitch, and the U.S. government later adopted it.
Six generations in, owner and president Braydan Shaw runs Burns from Salina. A standard saddle takes 50 to 80 hours, and some craftspeople training apprentices have been at it 35 to 45 years. The work has shown up on Yellowstone, and Burns has had a Park City store since 2008. "Burns isn't cheap," a reining competitor told The Salt Lake Tribune. "But here, you only have to buy something once."
Burns Saddlery did repair work for Butch Cassidy, according to Utah Stories.
