The Fort - Nebraska City

History

Fort Western is a family-owned, privately held company, established by Carl and Shirley Wohlfarth. The enterprise began with their children's love for horses. When the tack shop the Wohlfarths frequented for years closed, it ignited the idea for them to start their own shop. The first store opened as a one-room horse tack shop in Lincoln, NE. Carl and Shirley worked part-time in the store while working full time to support the family, Shirley as a nurse and Carl as a lieutenant in the Lincoln Fire Department. As the business grew, they added jeans and boots to their product offering. In 1987, Fort Western relocated its Lincoln store where the tack shop grew from a one-room display to the largest in the Midwest. In 1993, Fort Western added a second retail store in Nebraska City, NE. With 16,000 sq ft, the store is the second largest western-style outfitter in Nebraska.Today the Fort Western is one of the largest western wear outfitters in the Midwest.

Specialties

The Fort is a family owned business with a retail store held in both Nebraska City, Lincoln, Columbus and St Joseph MO. We offer a huge selection of western wear and western decor at everyday low prices including cowboy hats, cowboy boots, Wrangler jeans along with other top brand jeans, western shirts, outerwear, work wear, old west clothing, saddles and tack, and so much more. The Lincoln store includes an Old West Shop with authentic reproductions of 19th-century historic cowboy clothing and accessories.