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The 3X Brand

The 3X Brand

One of Arizona’s most enduring brands had its beginning back in 1885 when Fred Fritz Sr. settled along the Blue River, north of Clifton, and started...

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What’s in the Name?

What’s in the Name?

"Sheet-Iron Jack" Allen, was an California horse thief who wore an iron vest when plying his trade. Jack earned his nickname after surviving four...

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Old West Gangsters

Old West Gangsters

Wyatt Earp had no luck selling his version of the Tombstone events during his lifetime. But shortly after his death in 1929, gangster movies became...

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O Homo

O Homo

He showed up in Tombstone in the summer of 1881, without a gun, without a name and without clothes. The bronzed visitor insisted on being called “O...

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Mary Kidder Rak

Mary Kidder Rak

Among the wide gamut of working women in the West were not only schoolteachers, nurses, restaurateurs, seamstresses, good time girls and even...

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