U.S. Springfield Rifle

U.S. Springfield Rifle

This U.S. Springfield Rifle, Krag Model 1898, 30-40 Rifle has a serial number of 118895. It was donated to the Dawes County Historical Society Museum in June of 2005 by Al Gusner. Al acquired the rifle in the will of Robert Afraid of Bear, who he had given credit to for gasoline at the Frontier Refinery Company Gas Station. It was the kindness that Al showed Robert, after Robert had told him he had lost two of his sons in WWII. Al utilized the right by shooting fourteen deer, a bear and an elk with the rifle.

Dawes County Historical Society Museum, Chadron State College History Harvest, 2014

1898

Dawes County Historical Society Museum, Chadron State College History Harvest, 2014

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