Singing Horse Designs - Makers of Gers, Yurts, and Other Portable Structures

SINGING HORSE DESIGNS HISTORY

P.O. Box 1915 --- Kent, Ohio 44240
yurts@raex.com

Singing Horse Designs was originally founded in 1998 by Tom King and Thaddeus Venar for the manufacture and sale of quality nomadic structures at affordable prices.
Singing Horse Designs was Incorporated in 2000.

Currently enjoying his 5th personal ger, Tom has been designing and building Tents and Camping Gers since 1983. He regularly answers design and construction questions from across the country, and dozens of successful gers have been built with his help, for use by members of the Society for Creative Anachronism.

The Map of the Mongol Empire

Gers are traditional Mongolian nomadic housing. They are meant to be moved. The Mongols move their gers (on one or two beasts!) as the seasons change, moving their livestock to fresher pastures.

"Yurt" is a Turko-Russian word ('shack', or 'shanty'). We think that the Mongolian word, "Ger" (home) is much more appropriate.