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Frontier Colossus

by | Feb 21, 2025 | Inside History, Investigating History

A look back at the legendary Texas cowboy who transformed the American Southwest   He almost single- handedly created the cattle industry, invented the chuck wagon, was an innovator for modern irrigation, helped save the buffalo from potential extinction, fought Indians, befriended Indians


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