Everyone knows that Billy the Kid went by several names—Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim, William Bonney—but who was Phoebe Anne Mozee? Who was Josiah Horner? Who was Harry Longabaugh? Or J.D. Howard? Or Charles E. Boles? All are the real names of Western legends. Phoebe was known as Annie Oakley. Josiah Horner is a real name of Sheriff Frank M. Canton, who helped lead the cattlemen and gunfights who sought to destroy the small farmers in the violent Johnson County War in Wyoming. He didn't go by
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