Sure do like that Carbon County justice !

Come across your site and just enjoy it so much.

Excellent story, Evan! 👍 Nearly 20 years ago I visited the site of the long since vanished town of Carbon, where the monument to Robert Widdowfield literally dominated the cemetery. It's worth a visit just to see it first hand. If you mentioned the connection of the 1876 Winchester on display in the video to the story, I missed it.

Thanks for the very informational story!

Fascinating story. You have a knack for storytelling!

Wow! What a tale...thanks for sharing. BTW your right about it being gruesome

Evan, I always look forward to hearing you tell stories of the interesting characters and incidents of Wyoming's past. I especially love the western era history involving Wyoming! That 1876 Winchester is a behemoth of a ifle, especially compared to the smaller stature of the people of the late 1800's to early 1900's. If you had to pack that iron all day, it would certainly build big muscles as well as character! I have always wanted one in Cal. .45-75, but the prices of that model rifle in good condition, is above my pay grade! Cheers

@wsmvolunteers8588

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I haven't weighed the rifle but I'm guessing 10 pounds or thereabout. We have frontier-era Sharps single shot rifles that weigh 15 to 19 pounds. No doubt transported on horseback or in a wagon. The Sharps was used extensively by buffalo hunters in the 1870s and 1880s, killing bison for their hides. The heavy barrel attenuated the recoil and was slower to overheat. Also took longer to cool down between stands.

@k1j2f30

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@@wsmvolunteers8588 I have a 12 lb Sharps and 12 lbs didn't feel very heavy, 15 years ago! I used to pack it on foot elk hunting, nowadays I'd need a mule and some riggin'. A hundred and fifty plus years ago we slaughtered the buffalo buy the thousands and only left a handful. Humans are slow to understand the right, and wrong ways to do almost everything. Still those old west guns are a fascination of beauty and functionality that were always a driving force into the future of our heritage. Thanks Evan, always good to hear from you.

Good afternoon Evan. This was another fantastic and informative video. I love Early Americana history. I am going to get that book on Big Nose George. It sounds like a great read. As always ^thank you for sharing all of this information with us. Stan

OK, gotta say, I couldn't have guessed even half of that one!!!

At least the winchester has a good story! Nothing would surprise me what happened in those days, heck look at what's going on now!

love the stories !!!

Great Job Mr. EVAN

Love the stories but would really like it if you could show close ups of the pieces you are showing, perhaps while your stories are in progress. I came here via your video on knives and was wondering how thick the steel stock was that was used in their construction. So a little more detail on dimensions would be great.

I came for the 1876 Winchester, but stayed for big nose George.

Great story. I just ordered that book by Mark Miller, this is a tale well worth exploring.

Also Marlin came out with a big bore rifle a few years prior.

Hi Evan. Interesting story, as always. Maybe I missed it, but what is the connection between the rifle you displayed and the story you shared?

@wsmvolunteers8588

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The rifle was found in the vicinity of the ambush, but it was manufactured after the incident. I used it as excuse to talk about Big Nose George. I apologize for not making that clear.

Very interesting and odd story about “Big Nose”, but I am not clear on what his story had to do with the 1876 Winchester rifle on the table. What am I missing?

suggestion ? a different color backdrop, so everything does not appear washed out and camera angled down and at a higher point, more of overview than level

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How does the rifle tie into the story ?

@wsmvolunteers8588

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The rifle was found in the vicinity of the ambush, but it was manufactured after the incident. I used it as excuse to talk about Big Nose George. I apologize for not making that clear.

Dats a big gun tho Evan!!! U cud probs kill a whole gang a crips wit dat thing tho !!! Back in dem days I bet da bloods an crips were still beefing like todays. U a tru OG playa my ninja!!!!!

No relation to Big Nose Kate!