1938, Stonewall Jackson opened the doors to Jackson Trading Co. Located street side in a quite brick building near the train tracks, selling dry goods and clothing. With the two sons entering the business, expansion was in the future. Thomas Jackson and Julian Jackson broke down walls and took the Jackson Trading Co to larger heights with feed & seed, an excellent leather repair shop, harness making shop and western clothing that was unheard of in this region of America. After some years had passed the space became scarce in the brick building that housed Jackson Trading Co. so on a voyage for room and comfort. Thomas happens to come upon a piece of land on the west side of Asheville and with cowboy intuition and southern grit we broke ground in spring of '73. Growing from a small harness shop into a western clothing premier store took a lot of combined effort of the third generation of Jacksons to step in their fathers shoes. John Jackson (son of Julian) took the harness/leather shop to new national heights with custom hand-made leather goods that some had thought to be non-existent. Charles Jackson (son of Thomas) became a staple of the saddle/tack business and grew into a sought after store in the south east. By summer of ’93 space inside of Jackson Trading Co was getting tight and desperate. The following summer we knocked some walls down and doubled our size to the store that customers enjoy today. With the future in-sight Jackson Trading Co made a change to Jackson’s Western Store to reflect the upcoming JacksonsWesternStore.com venture. Jackson’s is one of the oldest family owned businesses left in Asheville NC. With a past as colorful as its future, Jackson’s has become a common name amongst horse enthusiasts around the world. From all of us at Jackson’s Western Store, we thank you and hope to see you come back soon.
Jackson Trading Co started in 1938, a fixture on Lexington ave just a block from the local farmers market. Jackson's started as a feed, hay, and leather tack store. It was expanded to focus on retail, tack, and leather goods. In 1972 Jackson's relocated to its current address, Patton ave, with the feed aspect of the store gone Jackson's was able to offer a full leather repair shop down stairs, and the retail/tack store on the main level. In 1997, another expansion to the current building offered more square footage, which in turn more boots, more tack, more clothes, full farrier supplies, bigger repair shop, and a new harness section. With the store focusing more on western riders, there was always a small English section to choose from. The great-grand daughter of the first Jackson, rides English focusing on Eventing, and Jumpers, she always dreamed to have a equal if not larger store for the English riders in the area. Though the square footage of the actual store hasn't changed yet, the development of online retail allows her to have the store she always wanted. Jackson's is still family owned, and operated, it's a rare find. It's a mom and pop store that embraces their customers, enjoys hearing where the tourist are from, and can stay late for anyone. If your horse-crazy we have everything you need, if you just enjoy the country style we have the fashions you need.