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The West

The West

Never in the history of the world has there been a place like the American West. The pristine uncharted land, its natural beauty, blessed with...

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A Shootist is Shot

A Shootist is Shot

Wes Hardin goes the way he lived… August 19, 1895. Famed gunfighter John Wesley Hardin is throwing dice in El Paso's Acme Saloon. John Selman walks...

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A Hickok Distraction

A Hickok Distraction

Wild Bill uses a ruse to kill Bill Mulvey. August 22, 1869. Tough nut Bill Mulvey is hurrahing Hays City, KS, firing his pistol in violation of town...

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Little Big Andy

Little Big Andy

Probably the last time anyone called him “Little Andy” was at about three years of age. He was a big man not just in stature but in heart and soul....

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Fred Fritz and the Grizzly

Fred Fritz and the Grizzly

The rugged country along the Coronado Trail was the last refuge of Arizona’s Grizzly bears. A story is told about a camp cook who was charged by...

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A Land of Anomalies and Tamales

A Land of Anomalies and Tamales

Arizonans like to call this place a land of anomalies and tamales because of the contrasts and contradictions that make the Grand Canyon State...

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The Hashknife

The Hashknife

The arrival of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in 1881 opened up the virgin grasslands of northern Arizona to large scale cattle ranching. The...

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