Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Price of Freedom: Lincoln's Henry Rifle
View the museum object record for a Henry rifle given to Lincoln at the start of the Civil War. Record includes a history of the firearm, making note of its design as the inspiration for the famously successful Winchester rifle that came...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Technology of the 1800s
[Free Registration/Login Required] Article considers the inventions and innovations in communication, transportation, and manufacturing that drove America forward in the nineteenth century. Includes a link to an interactive history of...
Library of Congress
Loc: Science Reference Guides: Winchester Rifle
Reference and bibliographic guide with a brief history of the Winchester rifle and citations to sources of additional information.
Other
Nra National Firearms Museum: American West: Winchester Model 1876
A history of the earliest versions of the Winchester rifle, which found a ready market in the American West after the Civil War.
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: American West: Images and Identities: Guns
Illustrated instructor's notes for an American studies course consider the use of firearms, including the Winchester rifle, in the American West from the onset of Spanish exploration until the end of the nineteenth century.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster: Oliver Fisher Winchester
A brief biographical profile of Oliver Winchester, who gave his name to the Winchester rifle.
Curated OER
Library of Congress: Science Reference Guides: Winchester Rifle
Photograph of a Winchester rifle.