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Can you give me any information about a photo where, somewhere in Arizona, a group of cowboys had their picture taken with a corpse? I heard they were drinking a toast to the dead man.

by | Jan 1, 2002 | Inside History

Can you give me any information about a photo where, somewhere in Arizona, a group of cowboys had their picture taken with a corpse? I heard they were drinking a toast to the dead man. Russell Skelley Cincinnati, Ohio The photo you’re talking about was taken at Canyon Diablo. On the evening of Saturday, April 8, 1905, two cowboys, John Shaw and Bill Smythe, walked into the Wigwam Saloon in Winslow, bellied up to the bar and bought a couple of drinks. They noticed a dice game going on and a fe


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