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BASS REEVES, BRAVEST OF ALL DEPUTY MARSHALLSIt is thought he was born in Texas or Arkansas in 1838. Bass Reeves was born a slave in July 1838. His owners, the William S. Reeves family… Started by dirtrider in Lawmen of the West |
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Patrick Floyd Garrett (1850-1908)He moved to Dallas County, Texas at the age of 19. There, he worked on the large LS Ranch in west as a cowboy and cattle gunman when rustl… Started by dirtrider in Lawmen of the West |
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BILL ANDERSON--a short bioWilliam Anderson was born in 1839, in Kentucky and grew up in Randolph County, Missouri. In 1857, he, his brother, and three sisters moved… Started by dirtrider in Outlaws and villians |
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Hat Creek Station"Old" Hat Creek Station, approx. 1880. The Old Hat Creek Station and Fort, established in 1875 by Capt. James Egan, was located north of t… Started by dirtrider in Western Saga |
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TIP TOP MINE, AZA couple of prospectors who in 1875 had made a cleanup of placer gold in a desert wash punched their burros into Prescott and, forgetting t… Started by dirtrider in Western Saga |
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RANGERS INVADE MEXICOTexas Ranger Major John S. Ford engaged the Mexican guerilla, Cortina on February 9, 1859. A brief fight had claimed the life of a Texas… Started by dirtrider in Western Saga |
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BLACKHAWK AND THE BATTLE OF THE SINKHOLENorth of Monroe Missouri, about a mile, occurred a rather unusual strategy, employed be the defenders of the fort that was once there. Her… Started by dirtrider in American Indian |
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Luke Short/Jim Courtwright gunfightOn February 8,1887, in Fort Worth, Texas, Luke Short, and Bat Masterson, confronted gunfighter Longhaired Jim Courtwright who had made thr… Started by dirtrider in Today in Western History |
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DALTONS' FIRST TRAIN ROBBERYIt was near Alila, California, on Feb. 6, 1891 that the Dalton Gang commited their first big crime. a train robbery. It was a train robbe… Started by dirtrider in Outlaws and villians |
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Grierson's raid in central MississippiBeginning on or near April 22, 1863, Colonel Benjamin Grierson's troops brought destruction to central Mississippi on a two-week raid alon… Started by dirtrider in Civil War Tales |
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