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Beecher Island Map and Youthful Scouts
The map accompanying the article on Beecher Island in the June 2021 True West issue has the freighters’ attack at Sheridan at the wrong site. The map shows it north of Fort Wallace along the Saline River, when in fact the town of Sheridan is 15 miles north and east of Fort Wallace, and sits along the Smoky Hill
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