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Death for Dilda

Death for Dilda

In 1885, Dennis Dilda was running a farm in Yavapai County, Arizona Territory. A man named Jenkins was also living there; Dilda killed him for no...

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Forgotten Jim Flynn

Forgotten Jim Flynn

Jim Flynn is a forgotten man in Old West history, for the most part.  But on January 17, 1882, he pulled off a major feat by arresting three big...

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Britt Johnson

Britt Johnson

The drama began on October 13th,  when a Kiowa and Comanche war party of several hundred swept down to where Elm Creek joins the Brazos River, about...

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