Oldest Firearm In The US Found At Site Of First Native American ...

The oldest firearm ever discovered in the continental US has been found at the site of a massacre that occurred in Arizona in 1541. Brought to America by the Spanish conquistador Francisco ... Read More

Oldest Firearm in the US, A 500-Year-Old Cannon Unearthed in ... - MSN

This relic is officially the oldest firearm ever found in the continental United States. It was unearthed at the site of San Geronimo III, a doomed settlement established during the Spanish ... Read More

480-year-old firearm discovered in Arizona described by researchers as ...

A wall gun found in southern Arizona is believed to be the oldest ever found in the continental U.S. Researchers say the firearm is linked to the 1539-1542 expedition led by Francisco Vázquez de ... Read More

Arizona researchers unearth oldest gun in US, dating back centuries

Researchers in Arizona say they have unearthed the oldest gun ever found in the continental United States. The bronze cannon, or wall gun, is associated with the first European expedition of the ... Read More

Cannons abandoned by doomed Spanish expedition are thought to be oldest ...

“This cannon and the battle that occurred around it are significant in that they represent the earliest successful Native American uprising in the Continental US, since the Spaniards did not ... Read More

Oldest-Known US Firearm Discovered in Arizona by ... - Newsweek

The bronze gun found at a site associated with the Coronado expedition in southern Arizona. Researchers believe it is the oldest firearm ever found in the continental United States. Read More

Firearm linked to the famous Vázquez de Coronado expedition ... - Fox News

A firearm found during excavations in the Santa Cruze Valley of Arizona is believed to be the "oldest" to be found in the continental United States to date. Pottery and other weaponry were also found. Read More

Oldest US firearm discovered with link to Spanish explorer 500 years ago

Scientists have exhumed a nearly 500-year-old bronze conquistador cannon in Arizona that's the oldest gun ever discovered in the United States. By employing radiocarbon dating and other cutting ... Read More

Oldest firearms ever found in US were abandoned by Spanish in 16th ...

Two cannons found at a site dating to 1541 in Arizona may be the oldest surviving firearms in the U.S. They were abandoned by the Spanish after they were defeated in battle. Read More