Annie Oakely's Rifle
- Time To Read: approximately 6 minutes 32 seconds for 1177 words
There is nobody alive today who saw Annie Oakley perform in person, but almost a hundred years after her death people are still talking about her.
American History Culture & Customs
Styles and fashions have been copied, altered and adapted since time began and American antiques are no different. The development and evolution of the USA gave rise to unique styles and pieces combining practicality, abundance or scarcity of materials along with native American Indian influence.
There is nobody alive today who saw Annie Oakley perform in person, but almost a hundred years after her death people are still talking about her.Annie Oakley
- Time To Read: approximately 6 minutes 32 seconds to read 11878 words
Annie Oakley was born Phoebe Ann Moses, but called Annie by her family. She was born on August 13, 1860, in Darke County, Ohio, USA. Annie was an unassuming woman from a humble background, who performed before royalty and presidents.Bunker Hill Musket
- Time To Read: 2 minutes 40 seconds for 480 words
Arguably the most significant, positively identified Revolutionary War long arm in existence, the Dutch flintlock musket that fired the first shot at the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill. Both the musket & commission have remained in the family for 244 years.Cocktail Shakers
- Time To Read: approximately 7 minutes 27 seconds for 1347 words
There's a whole lotta shakin' going on. The cocktail shaker at one time was found in almost every American home, so there are plenty available from which to choose. There is also a price range to suit every collector, starting with the mass-produced design in glass or chrome through to a rare designer item. As Mr Bond would say – dry Martini, shaken not stirred.Geronimo
- Time To Read: 6 minutes for 1082 words
The man who would become the most feared Indian leader of the 1800's was born sometime in the 1820's into the Bedonkohe, the smallest band of the Chiricahua Apache tribe that inhabited what is now New Mexico and Arizona.Sitting Bull
- Time To Read: approximately 3 minutes 20 seconds for 603words
Sitting Bull was born c.1831, near Grand River, Dakota Territory, now in South Dakota, USA, and died December 15, 1890, on the Grand River, South Dakota. He was a Teton Dakota Indian Chief under whom the Sioux peoples united in their struggle for survival on the North American Great Plains against the white settlers taking their tribal land. He is remembered for his lifelong distrust of white men and his stubborn determination to resist their domination.Sitting Bull´s Flintlock Musket
- Time To Read: approximately 39 seconds for 118 words
A flintlock musket that once belonged to Sitting Bull. Originally made as a model 1863 full-length smooth-bore flintlock trade musket, Sitting Bull’s identified Hudson’s Bay flintlock musket, which includes Sitting Bull’s name scratched in the stock, was sold during mid-2018 for $162,500.Wyatt Earp
- Time To Read: approximately 3 minutes 26 seconds for 620 words
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was born March 19, 1848, and died January 13, 1929. He was an Old West lawman and gambler who worked in a wide variety of trades throughout his life and took part in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which lawmen killed three outlaw Conchise County Cowboys. He is often erroneously regarded as the central figure in the shootout, although his brother Virgil was the Tombstone City and Deputy U.S. Marshal that day, and had far more experience in combat as a sheriff, constable, marshal, and soldier.Wyatt Earp Shotgun
- Time To Read: approximately 43 seconds for 130 words
The gun Wyatt Earp used to kill “Curly Bill” Brocius was sold in February 2020 for $375,000.