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The Divorce Seekers

by | May 9, 2010 | Features & Gunfights

An old-time wrangler recalls Reno, the “city of broken vows,” through his days at the Flying M E ranch.
After gambling away my earnings from wrangling horses at the notorious Cowboy Bar in Jackson, Wyoming, I shipped my footlocker and saddle freight collect, and thumbed my way to Reno, Nevada. The year was 1947, the heyday of the Nevada six-week divorce, when Reno was the place to go if you wanted to get unhitched. When


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