On October 2, 1892, the Dalton Gang attempted to outdo other famed outlaws by robbing two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas. Among the personal arsenal the gang brought to the occasion were 10 specially ordered, pearl-gripped single-action .45-caliber Colt pistols. The Pamplin Collection owns both Bob and Frank Dalton’s guns. Among the icons of the American western history, these are two of the hundreds of historic artifacts closely associated with almost every chapter of the American Wild West. The bottom gun was authenticated as being used in the Coffeyville robbery.
