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The Autry in Griffith Park: Community Gallery
Opening Saturday, October 11, 2014
Explore the history of the revolver that shifted the balance of power in the American West. Featuring sixteen guns and related artifacts from a gift by Dennis A. LeVett, this new installation examines the revolutionary Paterson Colt and the role it played in the decisive 1844 clash between sixteenTexas Rangers and approximately seventy Comanches. Through this pivotal battle, the installation tells the story of a weapon that could keep pace with the bow and arrow—a development that forever shifted arms superiority on the frontier.
