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Brown Bowen

Brown Bowen

A dead drunk Thomas Haldeman went to sleep under a tree near Nopal, Texas on December 17, 1872. He never woke up.  Brown Bowen, brother-in-law of...

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Buckaroos and Basques

Buckaroos and Basques

Elko got started in 1868 as a railroad town along northeast Nevada’s Humboldt River. But calling it a town might’ve been stretching the matter. It...

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Billy Breakenridge Zwing Hunt

Billy Breakenridge Zwing Hunt

According to Cochise County Deputy Sheriff, Billy Breakenridge, Zwing Hunt, was one of the worst outlaws in that hell-for-leather county....

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Bread Across the West

Bread Across the West

"Vile stuff” that suggested the “properties of poison” turned the bread a “green-yellow tinge” at the Pony Express station near Wyoming Territory’s...

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The Walk Down

The Walk Down

It was the most famous stroll in American history. Neither fast nor slow. Purposeful, with a sense of intimidation. It has been memorialized on film...

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