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After the end of Pawnee Bill's show in 1913, the rifle was brought to the ranch. Pawnee Bill placed it on the mansion's front lawn as a unique memento from his show days. Guests and family often posed with the rifle while visiting the Lillies. Shortly before his death in 1942, Pawnee Bill bequeathed the rifle to his former business manager, Frank A. Stuart. The rifle resided with Stuart in Oklahoma City until his death in 1950. In 1951, Frank Stuart's estate gave the rifle to the Oklahoma Historical Society.
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Pawnee, Oklahoma · United States
