You can tell Company D had several of the most prominent Texas Rangers around—these lawdogs are eating their meals with Winchester repeaters on their lap, ready for them to grab at any sign of trouble. Their leader, Sgt. Ira Aten, stands above his Rangers (seated, from left): Jim King, Frank L. Schmid, Ernest Rogers, Cal Aten, Walter Jones, Charley Fusselman, J. Walter Durbin, Jim Robinson, John R. Hughes and Bass (Baz) Outlaw.
– Courtesy Jeri and Gary Boyce Radder –
This Navajo fighter decorated his 1873 Winchester rifle with his personal symbols in tacks. He also packed a military-issue, four-screw-frame, 1860 Colt Army .44, cut for a shoulder stock attachment and still in percussion ignition. Both Indians and whites carried weapons that used modern metallic cased ammunition along with their older percussion arms.
–Courtesy Glen Swanson Collection –
Posed as if waiting in ambush, this Apache scout in early Tucson, Arizona Territory, holds a government-issued, .50-70 caliber 2nd Model Allin conversion musket, near his Smith & Wesson .44 American revolver and a skinning knife.
– Courtesy Glen Swanson Collection –
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