23rd January 2015, 05:41 PM | #1 |
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An abandoned 1882 rifle
Abandoned 1882 rifle sparks archaeological quest in Nevada.
There it was, abandoned for the ages, propped up against a juniper tree in far-eastern Nevada's Snake Mountains, a Winchester Model 1873 repeating rifle: the gun, as legend goes, that won the American West. For archaeologist Eva Jensen, it's something much more — a mystery that continues to baffle the staff at Great Basin National Park: Who owned it? A luckless hunter or miner? Maybe an outlaw on the run? http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-...116-story.html |
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