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The First Kill

The First Kill

John Wesley Hardin’s first victim may have been unarmed. November 1868--exact date unknown. John Wesley Hardin guns down a former slave called Maje...

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A Lonely End

A Lonely End

Doc Holliday’s last days were sad and solitary. November 8, 1887. Doc Holliday succumbs to the ravages of tuberculosis and pneumonia (and hard...

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Pioneer Women

Pioneer Women

I used to perform the old folk song, “Waggoner’s Lad” and the first lines were “Hard luck is the fortune of all womenkind. They’re always...

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Andy Cooper

Andy Cooper

Looking at his photo Andy “Cooper” Blevins looks like a nice choir boy but behind that façade was a young man mean enough to eat off the same plate...

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The Spicer Hearing

The Spicer Hearing

The Earps and Holliday face murder charges. October 31, 1881. Judge Wells Spicer (photo) gaveled to order a preliminary hearing into murder charges...

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