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Convinced by Gold

Convinced by Gold

When, in 1959, one of America’s most popular and respected actors, Henry Fonda, announced that he would be starring in a Western TV series, the...

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Land of the Apache

Land of the Apache

Apacheria: True Stories of Apache Culture 1860-1920 is an insightful introduction to the history of the Apache people. Farmer, focusing his research...

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A Violent Borderland

A Violent Borderland

In A Crooked River: Rustlers, Rangers, and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1861–1877, Michael L. Collins tells the story of the turmoil and...

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The Night of Blood

The Night of Blood

The night of December 12, 1868, about 50 men hijacked a train from Seymour to New Albany, IN.  Once there, they took over the county jail (wounding...

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Hell on Wheels Meals

Hell on Wheels Meals

Wyoming Territory became home to makeshift towns as the Union Pacific Railroad laid tracks to meet the Central Pacific Railroad from 1867-1869. When...

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Lieutenant John Anthony Rucker

Lieutenant John Anthony Rucker

On December 2nd, 1876 a group of Bedonkohe Apache, probably led by Geronimo stole some horses near Camp Crittenden on Sonita Creek in southern...

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Doroteo Arango

Doroteo Arango

Doroteo Arango was born in the settlement of Rio Grande, in the Mexican state of Durango on June 5th, 1878. It is said that on the night of his...

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