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Not Just Horsin’ Around

by | Sep 1, 2007 | Features & Gunfights

Denton County, Texas, is building a top flight horse industry.
No one would call this Texas robber a criminal mastermind, despite the legend that often trails his name. One stagecoach holdup netted about $38, while the take from an 1878 train robbery totaled just over $600. Hell, the robber didn’t even lead the infamous 1877 raid on a Union Pacific train in Nebraska, which garnered more than $60,000. His freighting partne


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