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Joseph Lee Bowman [1] (April 12, 1925 – June 29, 2009) was an American marksman called "The Straight Shooter", considered to have been a guardian of Texas and Western frontier culture. He was also an Eagle Scout , Army soldier, and bootmaker .
High Standard Firearms was an American manufacturer of firearms, based in Houston, Texas. The company was founded in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1926 as a supplier to the numerous firearms companies in the Connecticut Valley. It was based in New Haven from 1932-1945, at which time it was relocated to suburban Hamden, CT, where it continued to ...
Cimarron Firearms is an American firearms importer that has been in operation since 1984. The company's field of specialty is reproduction firearms from the American Civil War to the end of the Old West period. Founded by Mike Harvey in Houston, Texas, the company is now based in Fredericksburg, Texas. [1]
Private Benjamin W. Varnell of Co. B, 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment with plumed had. 1st (McCulloch's) Mounted RiflemenState service, March 4, 1861 - mid-April 1861. Confederate service, mid-April 1861 - mid-April 1862 as the First Regiment, Texas Mounted Riflemen, also known as the First Texas Mounted Rifles (mustered out at the expiration of the enlistme
Frontier Battalion, Texas Rangers: Unknown 0 Accomplished [17] 1888 Rio Grande City Riot: Frontier Battalion, Texas Rangers. San Antonio Rifles, Texas Militia. Belknap Rifles, Texas Militia. Houston Light Guards, Texas Militia. Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 0 0 0 0 Accomplished [18] 1891-1893 Garza Revolution: Frontier Battalion, Texas ...
Texas Ranger John B. Jones and the Frontier Battalion, 1874–1881 (University of North Texas Press; 2012) 401 pages; a history of the battalion that focuses on Jones; Moore, Stephen L. Texas Rising: The Epic True Story of the Lone Star Republic and the Rise of the Texas Rangers, 1836–1846. William Morrow, (2015). ISBN 978-0062394309
The Colt M1878 is a double-action revolver that was manufactured by Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1878 until 1907. It is often referred to as the "Frontier" or the "Double Action Army" revolver, and was manufactured to shoot a variety of rimmed, centerfire, and black powder cartridges, in calibers detailed nearby.
Bill Longley was born on Mill Creek in Austin County, Texas, the sixth of ten children of Campbell and Sarah Longley.His family moved when he was two years old and he was raised on a farm near Old Evergreen, Texas, in present-day Lincoln, Lee County, Texas, where he spent a large part of his childhood learning to shoot. [1]