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Where Was the Indian Territory?

Where Was the Indian Territory?

In a word; eastern Oklahoma. Indian removals in the East began as early as 1817. In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized...

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Shot from Behind

Shot from Behind

Yet John Allen got off in the killing of Frank Loving. Frank Loving and John Allen got into it over some gambling issues in Trinidad, Colorado. The...

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Adobe Wall

Adobe Wall

Did rotten walls and the collapse of a roof alert the hunters at Adobe Wall? In the spring of 1874 James Hanrahan and Charles Rath were among...

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1883

1883

I received a letter from a friend saying, “I’ve been watching the series ‘1883’ on TV. A friend of mine quit watching it because she said it wasn’t...

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Brooks vs. Earp?

Brooks vs. Earp?

A case of a shootout that never happened. The legend says that Morgan Earp and Billy Brooks (photo) got into a shootout in Butte, Montana in 1873....

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Leaving Town

Leaving Town

The McLaury brothers planned to get out of Tombstone… One of the ironies of the OK Corral shootout—participants/Cow-boys Frank and Tom McLaury...

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Ike and Bill Haslett

Ike and Bill Haslett

Who were the Haslett Brothers and how were they involved with the notorious Cochise County Cow-Boys? You’re referring to Ike and Bill Haslett? They...

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