There is some irony in a Wall Street Journal report that the Navajo Indians may buy the Remington Arms company out of bankruptcy,
There is a almost new Remington factory in northern Alabama. The state lured the company by offering incentives, but the business failure of the arms manufacturer caused the state to block $3-Million in incentives when Remington did not hire the agreed to number of employees.
The irony, of course, is the connection between Native-American tribes and weapons.
In the 1800's, Remington rifles were among those used by Native Americans fighting U.S. military forces.
(left) The youngest son of Lone Horn, Touch The Clouds assumed the leadership of the Minneconjou Teton Lakota after his father died in 1875. Two years later, this photo was taken of him at the Spotted Tail Agency in Nebraska, after he surrendered with his people. He holds a heavy-barreled Remington Rolling Block rifle and an 1873 Colt Cavalry revolver (also check out his military garrison belt).
– Courtesy Glen Swanson Collection –
(Source: https://truewestmagazine.com/weapons-of-the-indian-wars/)
There is a almost new Remington factory in northern Alabama. The state lured the company by offering incentives, but the business failure of the arms manufacturer caused the state to block $3-Million in incentives when Remington did not hire the agreed to number of employees.
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In the 1800's, Remington rifles were among those used by Native Americans fighting U.S. military forces.
(left) The youngest son of Lone Horn, Touch The Clouds assumed the leadership of the Minneconjou Teton Lakota after his father died in 1875. Two years later, this photo was taken of him at the Spotted Tail Agency in Nebraska, after he surrendered with his people. He holds a heavy-barreled Remington Rolling Block rifle and an 1873 Colt Cavalry revolver (also check out his military garrison belt).
– Courtesy Glen Swanson Collection –
(Source: https://truewestmagazine.com/weapons-of-the-indian-wars/)
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