Saloons are, without a doubt, one of the most iconic symbols of the Old West. This central hub of many small towns and cities in the mid to late 1800s offered a variety of vices for the locals, and at the top of the list was the alcohol. But unlike
June 28, 1874 was the third day of a siege by 700-plus Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors at a small trading post called Adobe Walls, Texas. Among the 28 besieged Buffalo hunters was 24-year-old Billy Dixon. During a lull in the action, a group of mounted Indian warriors gathered on
A pair of aces and a pair of eights – the Dead Man’s Hand, made famous by a true legend of the old west, Wild Bill Hickok. The renowned lawman, sharpshooter and expert gambler spent his final moments at a poker table, where he was shot in the back by
The Heritage 92 lever-action line is based on Winchester’s hugely successful Model 1892 action and includes thirteen blued or stainless steel models in four barrel lengths (24-inch octagonal and 20-, 18- and 12-inch round), three stock configurations (rifle, carbine and Mare’s Leg), and four calibers (38 Special/.357 Magnum, .44 Magnum,
Hand engraving firearms is a centuries-old art, one which in its truest form has not changed in almost half a millennium. As noted by late firearms historian R.L. Wilson, in his 1995 book Steel Canvas, “An engraver from centuries past would feel very much at home if he stepped up
Often called “A Nation of Immigrants,” even indigenous peoples crossed a land bridge from Siberia into what is now North America and even the United States eons ago. Immigration into America went unchecked for many years. Then in 1882 the Chinese Exclusion Act’s passage addressed a large influx of Chinese
