Circle A Western and Outdoor was founded in May of 1980. Raymond and Wanda Albert saw a need for a western store to serve the Western Oklahoma community. He took pride in providing the highest quality products they had to offer at the time. Raymond was known for his great customer service skills and helping people from across Western Oklahoma.
In 1987 Edward and Vangie Albert, Raymond’s youngest son and daughter in law son took over the store. He takes pride in his father’s work and continues to bring new and improved products into the store. Over the years, Edward has now opened four additional stores with his son, Sam Albert.
Circle A Western & Outdoor takes pride in the people of Western Oklahoma. At Circle A, you can expect to find the highest quality of western clothing, fire resistant clothing, cowboy boots, work boots and much more.
Our Team
Edward Albert
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Sam Albert
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Ta'ah Stanley
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Kimmy Schafer
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Edward Albert
Edward Albert was born and raised in Elk City, Oklahoma where his father started Circle A Western Wear. In 1986, Edward got married to Vangie and took over Circle A in 1987. Due to Edward’s hard work and dedication, he has grown Circle A Western & Outdoor to what it is today. He has two boys that are now grown and married. Edward now resides in Oklahoma City and owns four businesses. In his free time, he loves to fly his plane and go fishing.
Sam Albert is the son of Edward Albert. He graduated in 2017 from Oklahoma University with a bachelor’s degree. Shortly after graduating he became a big part of Circle A. Sam handles everything that has to do with technology and is learning the process of how to run the business as a whole. He spends many days at Circle A making sure everything is running smoothly and helps out wherever he is needed. Sam also has opened two stores with his father Edward in Oklahoma City. He got married in 2020 to his wife Anna. In his free time he loves to spend time with his wife, family, and fly his plane.
Sam Albert
Ta'ah Stanley
Ta’ah Stanley began working at Circle A Western store in 2017. She began her career there as full-time sales associate. Over the years, she has met many people and assisted many customer’s in having a great experience at Circle A. In 2017, she was promoted to inventory manager and then received another promotion to General Manager in 2021. Ta’ah leads the Circle A team with professionalism, positivity, innovation, and action. She is a mother to one little girl and married her husband in December of 2020. In her free time, she loves spending time with her husband, daughter, family, and schnauzer named “Frank.”
Kimmy Schafer was born and raised in the small town of Hollister, California and moved to Sterling, Colorado in 2017. She graduated from Colorado Christian University in 2021 and relocated to Elk City the following summer. Kimmy got married in the Fall of 2021 to Michael Schafer. In their free time, they love spending time with family, their four horses, and three dogs. She became the Media Manager at Circle A, August of 2021. Kimmy is outgoing and loves meeting all the friendly faces that walk into Circle A Western & Outdoor.
