I turned over the paper this morning and this was staring at me out of "The Back Page" Wish I could see more of the barrel!
the copy at the bottom reads:
Larry Crawford ignites Baby, a replica 2-inch French mountian rifle from 1836 as the Pike River Rendezvous gets under way on Simmons Island on Friday in Kenosha, Wis The encampment features a variety of American frontier characters from the 15 to 18th centuries and concludes Sunday.
Dave