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Lander Locksmiths

Our Story

Our Story

Our dream started in the small town of Riverton, Wyoming, where Raymond and I met. We wanted an opportunity of providing for our family while serving the community, all without compromising our joy in life. What better way to do that, than to focus your business around something you enjoy. For Raymond and I, that was locksmithing. The people of Wyoming are very strongly rooted in the land and focused on preserving it's beauty and wonder. This heritage has been pasted down from generation to generation and in so doing they form a tightly knit community. One of the ways they show pride in their state and it's people, is by displaying Wyoming's area code, 307, on stickers that can be seen on car bumpers, windows and in store frontages. Hence where the "307" comes from in our website and email addresses. 

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You may be wondering why we are now located in Arkansas, so far away from Wyoming and the community we started in. As we all know, life throws us some curve balls now and again, and in October of 2021 we had just that. Raymond become very sick due to COVID. After 4 months of hospitalization, two of which he had been on a ventilator and given less than 3% chance of survival, Raymond beat the odds proving there is Great Power in Prayer! Although he was released to come home, he was given the diagnosis of needing a lung transplant and unable to function without supplemental oxygen, all this at age of 45. We decided to close the business and search for an area that provided a lower elevation to help Raymond be able to live a more normal life. We were led to Harrison, Arkansas and fell in love with the land, the people and the habitat. We had always hoped to be able to reopen our business again and now here we are, serving yet another tightly knit community that we are proud to be apart of. 

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