Andi
23rd January 2015, 05:41 PM
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.trbimg.com/img-54b87be4/turbine/la-la-na-nevada-winchester03-jpg-20150115/750/750x422
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nevada-winchester-20150116-story.html
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.trbimg.com/img-54b87be4/turbine/la-la-na-nevada-winchester03-jpg-20150115/750/750x422
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nevada-winchester-20150116-story.html