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May 26, A year-old rifle discovered in leaning against a juniper tree at Great Basin National Park has a new home in an exhibit dedicated to the"Forgotten Winchester" at the park visitor center near the Nevada-Utah line By The Associated Press May 26,PM 3 min readEstimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Jan 15, Rick Harrison takes a look at how much a Winchester rifle found against tree in Nevada national park is worth The story of how it got there may never be known, but a Author: Matt Finn.

Jan 15, Great Basin National Park workers found the Winchester Model propped against a tree in the desert in November. Great Basin National Park National park staff taped the butt of Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Jan 17, Archaeologists surveying the remote reaches of Nevada ‘s Great Basin National Park came upon a tantalizing find from the Old West - a weathered, year-old Winchester repeating rifle, discovered propped up against a juniper tree, just as it had been left when it was abandoned.

It was only in that the transcontinental railroad was completed a few hundred miles north near Ogden, Utah.

Jan 17, ‘Mysterious’ Winchester Rifle From Found Leaning Against Tree in Nevada National Park. 19th Century anthropology archaeology Historic Archaeology Nevada Posted on January 17, Updated December 31, - by Blake de Pastino 9.

The Winchester Model rifle found by National Park Service employees in has created a great deal of intrigue over the past few years. It was determined that the rifle itself had been purchased new in The original owner of the rifle or why it was left leaning against a tree in what is now the park, have never been determined. Jul 18, The Winchester rifle was discovered in the Great Basin National Park leaning against a juniper tree in November.

But the strange discovery. A rifle from approximately was found in a Nevada national park, just leaning against a tree.

The mystery into how it got there continues to unravel. Jan 17, The year-old rifle, exposed to sun, wind, snow, and rain was found leaning against a tree in the park. The cracked wood stock, weathered to grey, and the and the brown rusted barrel blended into the colors of the old juniper tree in a remote rocky outcrop, keeping the rifle.