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This item SOLD at 2010 Jun 26 @ 20:09UTC-06:00 : CST/MDT
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Stamped into right side plate Fort Knox Maine and inscribed on left side plate Jacob Rideout – Contention, Arizona Terr. S/N 10169, .44 CF, 24” barrel. This rifle has seen an amazing amount of history and has traveled the country from Maine to Washington D.C., to end up in the newly forming west including Contention, Arizona Territory. Rifle has good to very good iron, smooth patina, overall good condition with minor drying cracks in wood. This Henry was examined and documented by noted Winchester authority and author George Madis. Mr. Madis states this rifle is all correct and original. He further states all the numbers match and are correct and the 57 mark on the bottom of the receiver to probably be the issue number when the rifle was in military service. Mr. Madis goes on to write that “all the engraving seen on this fine gun is old and was done when the gun was in use.” The stamping of the words Fort Knox, Maine in crude block letters was standard for military type markings of the era and most likely occurred upon arrival at the fort with a shipment of approximately 90 rifles. Research shows Lt. Ezra Rideout of the Maine 15th being issued this rifle on September 25th 1864. The 15th was later dispatched to Washington D.C. in a peacekeeping mission and was known as the D.C. Guard. After his discharge, Lt. Rideout gifted the rifle to his brother, Jacob, who went on to become a famous frontier clergyman. There is an amazing amount of documentation with this known frontier rifle, too much to discuss here in this catalog, including records of the Maine 15th and a 200 page document written on the Henry and Jacob Rideout. It chronicles their journey throughout the west, Kansas in the 1870s, then to Colorado, Wyoming and then south to Arizona in the 1880s. Most of Mr. Rideout’s life is written about by his wife in Six Years on the Border or Sketches of Frontier Life by Mrs. J.B. Rideout 1883. This rifle can be placed in some of the most important towns and some of the most important moments of the American west. A very important addition to any museum or fine personal collection. Published: The Winchester Book by George Madis, pg. 44 The Historic Henry Rifle by Wiley Sword, pg. 83
Auction Location:
Denver Merchandise Mart - 451 East 58th Avenue, Denver, Colorado, 80216, United States
Previewing Details:
Friday, June 25th 3pm - 6pm Auction Preview
Saturday, June 26th 9am - 4pm Auction Preview
Taxes:
| Tax | Rate | Desc. |
| SC |
4.85% |
State of Colorado |
Buyer's Premiums:
| From (Incl.) | To (Excl.) | Premium |
| 0.00 |
Infinite |
20% |
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