Can you describe a drover’s typical day on the Long Trail? Stace Webb Via the Internet Long and tiring. The drovers each had a two-hour watch over...
Can you describe a drover’s typical day on the Long Trail?
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If Johnny Ringo had participated in the famous O.K. Corral gunfight, what do you think the outcome would have been?
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