Planet Tyrus
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Weapons From The Frontier You Don’t See Every Day | Planet Tyrus
1 hour 1 minutes Posted Dec 30, 2025 at 4:00 pm.
Jeff’s historic Fox News entrance
Jeff’s “extreme history” life + movie prop collection
The 3,000-mile horseback journey to British Columbia
Water, hunger, horses, and survival lessons
The lost Hawken rifle + why it mattered in the West
Proving it’s a Hawken
The Jim Beckwourth connection + signature discovery
Tyrus holds Beckwourth’s rifle
Flintlock vs percussion & why the Hawken changed everything
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On this episode of Planet Tyrus, Tyrus sits down with self-taught historian & anthropologist Jeff Hengesbaugh, a lifelong collector of frontier artifacts whose collection has supplied props for major productions (including America Primeval). Jeff shares the wild story of traveling 3,000 miles on horseback from the outskirts of Phoenix to British Columbia using mountain-man style gear, learning survival the hard way: lost horses, scarce water, hunger, and changing ecosystems. You’ll also see hands-on artifacts in-studio including historic rifles and a special gift.
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