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The Hairy One Hangs

The Hairy One Hangs

Sonoran bandito, Augustine Chacon, alias Peluda (“The Hairy One”), robbed and killed in Arizona, and then hid out in the Sierra Madres until his...

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Kit Carson Dime Novel Hero

Kit Carson Dime Novel Hero

It was a fortuitous chance meeting for Kit Carson and John C. Fremont. Had there been no John C. Fremont there might never have been a Kit Carson...

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Card Player No. 2

Card Player No. 2

Sam Elliott has become one of the most iconic Westerns actor of the last half-century, with his wiry frame, bushy mustache and rumbling drawl. None...

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