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The Robbery at Castle Gate

The Robbery at Castle Gate

While many gang leaders boasted they were mean enough to eat off the same plate with a rattlesnake, Butch Cassidy is best-remembered as the...

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Vigilante Committees

Vigilante Committees

In San Francisco in the 1850's, there was a vigilante group that called itself the 601. Just in case you’ve wondered where that name came from...

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Boot Hill in Helldorado

Boot Hill in Helldorado

A few years ago I was in Tombstone working with a film crew from the United Kingdom. Naturally, one of the sites they wanted to include was the...

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Back and Forth

Back and Forth

Billy Stiles couldn’t decide which side of the law to work. In the early 1890s, he served as a tracker for Cochise County (AZ) lawmen John Slaughter...

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A Lawman for Life

A Lawman for Life

Jeff Milton never could give up the badge, starting as a Texas Ranger in 1878 at age 17. Over the next three decades, He was a deputy U.S. marshal...

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