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Washington Steps in–Almost

by | May 11, 2018 | True West Blog

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Things were way out of hand in Cochise County, Arizona Territory in early 1882.  Morgan Earp was assassinated by unknown gunmen while playing pool in Tombstone on March 18.  Wyatt Earp and associates responded by going on the Vendetta Ride, hunting down members of the Cow-boy faction, leaving three dead in their wake before exiting the area in April. Things got so bad that President


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