Imagine the scene: we are in the 1880s in the American West. A lone cowboy, or a bandit the likes of Billy the Kid, is preparing to spend the night in the wilderness. A last look around, he extinguished the fire and puts his faithful Winchester against a tree, in this wild corner of Nevada to drape then the boots on, in his thin blanket. The next morning, he broke camp, leaving behind his fetish ...
Back in 2015. This January 14 staff wanders, as usual, more than 300 km2 of the National Park. One of them attracted the eye something he still can not identify ... Getting closer, he discovered a Winchester leaning against a tree.
The "Great Basin National Park"
Subsequently, archaeologists Park posed on the weapon . The weapon in question is a Winchester Model "1873", dating back to 1882, as evidenced by the serial number engraved on the gun.
The serial number
Right in the Far West, tender feet and off-the-law considered him in 1873 as "the gun that won the West" - The Gun That Won the West. The gun sold at that time for the modest sum of $ 25, has indeed been a resounding success. Between 1873 and 1916, it was broadcast to more than 700 000 copies.
"I'm a poor lonesome rifle! »
In all likelihood, the gun would have remained against "his" tree, developed to blend into the landscape as shown in the photograph taken by national park staff. Now everything on this gun is known, but it will never be who was stunned cowboy ...
The Winchester at the time of its discovery, melted into the landscape
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