A Wyoming Governor's Colt Model 1889. It's an Insurrection!

[@Qigate]

"He had a definite in..." nicely put Sir!

[@NM-eb5ej]

Evan, what a great job you have done for the museum showing their fine firearm collection. Like seeing my idea of showing the cartridge for the firearm. Would still like to have a brief walk around the museum. Thank you for the wealth of firearm history. Nm Williamsburg,VA.

[@ronaldjohnson1474]

In a brief few minutes, I learned a lot of history. Colt was obviously "the revolver maker" of the day, but followed S&W's lead, and Wyoming was cowboy country.

[@evangreen3209]

Smith & Wesson made the first cartridge revolver in the US in 1857. Their Model #3 American was the first fixed cartridge handgun adopted by the Army in 1870, caliber .44. But S&W not as celebrated as Colt.

[@Ammo08]

Francis E. Warren's daughter, Helen, was married to General John (Black Jack) Pershing.

[@evangreen3209]

I think Helen was Pershing's mother-in-law. On August 27, 1915, Pershing's wife, Frances, and three of their daughters died in a fire at their home in the Presidio of San Francisco. The victims were: Frances Warren Pershing (Pershing's wife), Mary Pershing: Aged 6, Anne Pershing: Aged 7, Helen Pershing: Aged 8. Only his son Warren survived. Pershing was at Fort Bliss, Texas, at the time. In March, 1916, he led the Punitive Expedition into Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa, who had raided and burned Columbus, New Mexico in search of supplies for the Mexican Revolution.

[@Ammo08]

@evangreen3209 Pershing's wife was Helen Frances Warren.

[@evangreen9430]

@@Ammo08 You are correct. My mistake!

[@noahcount7132]

Excellent Wyoming history vignette, Evan. 👍 Now I'm wondering who/what was the most dangerously flawed, Amos Bishop or his very attractive 1889 Colt revolver.

[@bigshot45]

Thank you for firearms Friday. I always enjoy your videos. I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.👍

[@Mike-zw7fq]

Nothing New under the Sun.

[@woodsmanforlife1677]

Innocent settler and homesteader? No such thing exist!

[@evangreen3209]

There were definitely instances of people appropriating animals that belonged to someone else. Fairly common for poor homesteaders to kill a beef to feed the family. Some instances of rustling involved butchering a cow and selling the meat. Not sure it justified a small army of cattlemen and hired guns going to Johnson County with a kill list of 70 people including the sheriff and county commissioners. The Texans were offered a bounty of $50 for every "rustler" killed during the Invasion.