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  2. Colt M1878 - Wikipedia

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    The Model 1878 had a larger frame than the Model 1877, which allowed it to fire larger and more powerful cartridges such as the .45 Colt and .44-40 Winchester, and used the same barrel & ejector parts as the Single Action Army revolver and a very similar cylinder. At one time, the factory modified Model 1878 cylinders for use in single-action ...

  3. Lower Mississippi Valley yellow fever epidemic of 1878

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    The entire Mississippi River Valley from St. Louis south was affected, and tens of thousands fled the stricken cities of New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Memphis.The epidemic in the Lower Mississippi Valley also greatly affected trade in the region, with orders of steamboats to be tied up in order to reduce the amount of travel along the Mississippi River, railroad lines were halted, and all the ...

  4. History of Memphis, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Extensive yellow fever epidemics in the 1870s (1873, 1878 and 1879) devastated the city. In 1873 some 2,000 people died, the highest fatalities of any inland city. [ 31 ] Because of the severity of the 1873 epidemic, when yellow fever was diagnosed on August 5, 1878 , more than 25,000 people left the city within two weeks. [ 31 ]

  5. List of revolvers - Wikipedia

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    1878-1907 Colt M1889: Colt's Manufacturing Company.41 Long Colt.38 Long Colt.38 Short Colt United States: 1889-1909 Colt M1892: Colt's Manufacturing Company.38 Long Colt.41 Long Colt: 6 United States: 1892-1908 Colt Model 1905 Marine Corps: Colt's Manufacturing Company.38 S&W United States: 1905-1909 Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver

  6. Timeline of Memphis, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    1873 – Yellow fever epidemic. [2] 1874 – Memphis Cotton Exchange founded. 1875 – Southwestern at Memphis (college) established. [1] 1878Yellow fever epidemic. [3] [2] 1879 – Yellow fever epidemic. [2] Plan of the Memphis sewer system in 1880. 1880 Sewer system construction begins [13] Population: 33,592. [9] [2] 1882

  7. Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers - Wikipedia

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    The family of Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers evolved from the earlier commercial revolvers marketed by the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company of Paterson, N.J. The smaller versions of Colt's first revolvers are also called "Baby Patersons" by collectors and were produced first in .28 to .31 caliber, and later in .36 caliber, by means of rebating the frame and adding a "step" to the cylinder ...

  8. List of firearms before the 20th century - Wikipedia

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    Smith & Wesson Model 1 (US – revolver – 1857) Smith & Wesson Model 1 1/2 (US – revolver – 1865) Smith & Wesson Model 2 (US – revolver – 1876) Smith & Wesson No. 3 Revolver (US – revolver – 1870) Schofield Model 3 (US – revolver – 1875) Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 Army (US – revolver – 1861) Smith & Wesson .38 Hand Ejector ...

  9. Memphis, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    In the 1870s, a series of yellow fever epidemics devastated Memphis, with the disease carried by river passengers traveling by ships along the waterways. During the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878, more than 5,000 people were listed in the official register of deaths between July 26 and November 27.