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It was November 2014, and winter was closing in at Great Basin National Park. Archeologist Eva Jensen was participating in a field survey of cultural resources in the park, and stumbled upon an artifact that would soon make international headlines.  Her team was finishing up lunch, when she decided to …

The Winchester Rifle Model 1873 was “The gun that won the West.” At least, that’s what I read in one of the opening frames of the movie, Winchester 73, a classic black and white Western from 1950 staring Jimmy Stewart. In the film, a special “One of One Thousand” version …