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A River of Life

A River of Life

In Patrick Dearen’s Bitter Waters: The Struggles of the Pecos River (University of Oklahoma Press, $29.95), the author documents the many challenges...

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The Trapper’s Rendezvous

The Trapper’s Rendezvous

Like gold dust on the mining frontier, beaver fur was the medium of exchange in the mountains. Unique to the American industry was the rendezvous...

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Gene Wilder

Gene Wilder

The late Gene Wilder wasn’t the original Waco Kid in the comedy “Blazing Saddles.” Veteran actor Gig Young got the role of the drunken gunfighter....

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Mogollon Rim

Mogollon Rim

Arizona is known for its number of hard-to-pronounce place names. A story is told of a tourist who was bound and determined to learn the correct...

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