July 16, 1899 Three suspected train robbers are in camp at their remote hide-out at Turkey Creek Canyon in New Mexico Territory. Tipped off by a...
The Battle of Turkey Creek Canyon
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John Clum: Pioneer Footballer
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The Lost Belle McKeever Mine
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Western Events for June 2017
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The Secret Artillery
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Good for a Laugh… and a Shiver
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Arizona Senator Henry F. Ashurst
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Did Any Indian Tribes Break Treaties the Way the U.S. Government Did?
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The Western War Between the States
Among the thousands of volumes treating the American Civil War rare is the study venturing west of the Mississippi River. Andrew E. Masich’s Civil...
Colt’s Paterson—the Foaling of a Legend
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John J. Kloehr Downs a Dalton
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