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Dead On Arrival

Dead On Arrival

In the opening sequence of the classic Western One Upon A Time In The West there are three gunmen who show up at the train station. “Stony” (Woody...

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Ziegfield and Buffalo Bill

Ziegfield and Buffalo Bill

The other day a True West reader mentioned that he’d read a story concerning claiming Buffalo Bill, hired a young trick shooter named Flo Ziegfield,...

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The Real Buffalo Hump

The Real Buffalo Hump

Most are familiar with Buffalo Hump in Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove. He was a fictional character but there really was a Buffalo Hump. His name...

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A Laughing Matter?

A Laughing Matter?

Being captured didn’t faze train robber Rube Burrow.  On October 9, 1890 he was grabbed by two black men, Jesse Hildreth and Frank Marshall, when...

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