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Brand New Buffalo Bills

Meghan Saar
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Buffalo Bill Goosed the World’s Fair

Matt Braun
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A Bloody Barbed-Wire Battle

Bob Alexander
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16 Historical Destinations That Will Make You Weep

Stuart Rosebrook
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Hideout Hijinks

Phil Spangenberger
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Troubled Tom Horn

Marshall Trimble
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10 Myths About TOM HORN

Larry D. Ball
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Spirit Warriors Rise Up

Jana Bommersbach
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The Real Birth of Westerns

Johnny D. Boggs
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Victoria Wilcox

Victoria Wilcox
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In 1960’s The Alamo, Jim Bowie used a seven-barrel pepperbox rifle. Did such a gun exist? And did the real Bowie have one?

Marshall Trimble
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Do any records indicate Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickok met?

Marshall Trimble
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Happy Jack

Tom Augherton
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A gambler in a high-stakes poker game runs out of money while holding a winning hand of four aces. He asks the players to pause the game so he can get a loan at the bank. Is this Hollywood or a true story?

Marshall Trimble
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Gamblers, Gunfighters & Saloon Girls

Stuart Rosebrook
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How did “being heeled” come to mean “being armed?”

Marshall Trimble
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Westward Across the Divide

Candy Moulton
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Was there a female Texas Ranger during the Old West era?

Marshall Trimble
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The Duke: A Legendary Life

C. Courtney Joyner
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Who is the most popular character the Old West ever produced?

Marshall Trimble
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Robber Baron or Entrepreneur?

Richard Dillon
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Poverty Croquettes

Sherry Monahan
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Ode to the Cowboys

Allen Barra
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SUGARFOOT (SEASON ONE)

C. Courtney Joyner

Rough Drafts 5/14

Stuart Rosebrook
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Hunting His Own Kind

Larry D. Ball
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Kansas Cattle Towns, Then and Now

Johnny D. Boggs
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Twain is Born

John Stanley
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The Curious Murder of Manny Clements

Mark Boardman
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May 2014 Events

TW Editors
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A True Giant

C. Courtney Joyner