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Bisbee Massacre Hanging

Bisbee Massacre Hanging

March 28, 1884:  Or was it March 8? Sources conflict. Five bank robbers convicted of murdering four Bisbee citizens, including a pregnant woman, are...

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Wovoka, Medicine Man

Wovoka, Medicine Man

The Northern Paiute medicine man Wovoka healed people and brought rain to parched lands.  People listened to his prediction that 1891 would bring...

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Cole Younger and the Little Girl

Cole Younger and the Little Girl

If I had to choose a favorite outlaw, without hesitation I’d say, “Cole Younger.” A few years ago the late author Jack Koblas told me a poignant...

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A Fatal Sweet Tooth

A Fatal Sweet Tooth

Texas Ranger James Coryell and two compatriots headed out from Fort Milam (near Waco) on May 27, 1837 and found a bee tree about a mile away.  They...

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Roy Bean’s Hanging

Roy Bean’s Hanging

Movies have tried paint Judge Roy Bean, the "Law West of the Pecos," as a hanging judge. Bean was more of a blowhard with an uncanny ability to know...

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