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The Cheesy Old West

by | Mar 13, 2010 | Art, Guns and Culture

Oregon’s “Stench of Hell;” plus a Cheese Straws recipe.
“A wild, and woolly, rollicking mining camp is the best way I can describe Canyon City, when I first came here. “The men could throw a ball in the air, draw, shoot, and take a drink of whiskey before the ball would hit the ground. “The women packed a Bible in one hand and, figuratively speaking, a teamster’s whip in the other.... “The early Methodist rev


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