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Augusta Tabor

Augusta Tabor

Augusta Tabor’s life with husband Horace wasn’t easy.  They struggled from the 1850s through early 1880s, trying to make their fortune.  Augusta was...

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The Deadliest Enemy

The Deadliest Enemy

To the uninitiated in the Old West, the ranching business centered on cattle, but in reality, the livestock trade focused on grass and water, so...

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Rocky Mountain Rails

Rocky Mountain Rails

The chance to get rich quick as a uniquely American article of faith was virtually born in the West. Almost since its beginning, America was the...

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Jailhouse Rock

Jailhouse Rock

  In the rough and tumble towns of early Arizona, churches, schools and jails were most conspicuous by their absence.  Holbrook became the...

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