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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	0	Mar 7
BILL ANDERSON--a short bio William 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	0	Mar 7
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	0	Mar 7
TIP TOP MINE, AZ A 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	0	Feb 17
RANGERS INVADE MEXICO Texas 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	0	Feb 12
BLACKHAWK AND THE BATTLE OF THE SINKHOLE North 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	0	Feb 8
Luke Short/Jim Courtwright gunfight On 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	0	Feb 8
DALTONS' FIRST TRAIN ROBBERY It 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	0	Feb 6
Grierson's raid in central Mississippi Beginning 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	1	Feb 3 Reply by Carbine
THE APACHE KID 1867--1910? Southwest Territory (Zenogalache, AKA: The Crazy One) He was born on the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona and grew to be the… Started by dirtrider in American Indian	1	Jan 27 Reply by Carbine