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Classic Gunfights: Die Hard

by | Sep 8, 2016 | Classic Gunfights, Departments

“The Sheriff is on the Warpath” November 1, 1867 Sheriff Harry Morse “is on the warpath....” Or so declares the Oakland Daily News. The sheriff of Alameda County in northern California, Morse is on the hunt for notorious bandit Narato Ponce (pronounced “Ponsay”), a hot-tempered Chilean who shot and killed a fellow poker player in Greavenor’s Saloon, located near the railro


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