Alfred Packers’ Gun Brought Out From Archives, On Display

DENVER (CBS4)– History Colorado Center is delving deep into its archives to put some rarely-seen items on display. The first one has a gruesome background.
The gun owned by infamous killer and renowned cannibal Alfred Packer is the first item chosen.
A would-be prospector, Packer and his five companions headed out into the San Juan Mountains in the deep winter of 1874. But things didn’t go as planned.
Packer was arrested after emerging from the mountains and carrying a gun with the i