Chance Hapnin
"Bringing History to Life!"
Chance Hapnin (Badge #15) does leather and Indian beadwork in his spare time. Chance is retired after many years at one of the local brick plants.
He also dresses in an Indian persona and goes by Horse Man.
(above) Chance posing in Fayette, Missouri during one of the monthly shoots
(right) Chance also is known as Horse Man. Here he and Gray Wolf show different articles of Indian dress during an educational demonstration at the annual History Camp in Mexico, Missouri.
Speaking to young children and students about the ways of the Old West is an important component of the South Fork Regulators mission.