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Was Ammunition Expensive?

Was Ammunition Expensive?

Was ammunition expensive? Paul Piper Dorset — England, United Kingdom. Depends on what you were buying. A Remington 1877 catalog listed 1,000 rounds...

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Gold Fever

Gold Fever

Author Ken Lizzio’s Forty-Niner: The Extraordinary Gold Rush Odyssey of Joseph Goldsborough Bruff (The Countryman Press, $24.95) is a sparkling and...

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A Murderous Trail

A Murderous Trail

They came from Texas—and not because they’d heard that Chugwater chili was better than anything you’d find in Terlingua. They arrived in Cheyenne,...

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Was Ammunition Expensive?

Is Clint Eastwood Ambidextrous?

Is Clint Eastwood ambidextrous? Bud Haak — West St. Paul, Minnesota You’re not the first to notice Clint Eastwood is good at both left-handed and...

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The Sunny Sheriff

The Sunny Sheriff

Josiah “Joe” Hazen is best known for leading a posse that chased the Wild Bunch after the gang robbed a Union Pacific train near Wilcox, Wyoming, in...

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Territorial Sheriffs

Territorial Sheriffs

Arizona was the last of the refuge of the drifting lawmen and desperadoes of the Old West.  Its wild country, lack of roads, and proximity to the...

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