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On July 7, 1846, a camp of peace-seeking Chokonen and Nednhi Chiricahua Apache men, women, and children was…
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Sometime after midnight on January 28, 1918, Company B of the Texas Rangers—under the command of Captain James…
The Hanging of Chipita Rodriguez
Late in the summer of 1863, a horse trader named John Savage rode through the warm, tree-scrubbed lowlands…
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In the spring of 1868, the Union Pacific Railroad came roaring west across the plains, laying down ties,…
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In early 1906, a cattleman named Jeff Adams, his two sons, and nearby rancher Ivy Crabtree discovered a…
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On Friday, July 7, 1876, the James-Younger Gang robbed an express car on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in…
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On April 3, 1849, 18-year-old Rachel E. Warren married Nathan Pattison, 23, in Randolph County, Illinois, just south…
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On the crisp morning of February 29, 1908, fifty-seven-year-old Pat Garrett loaded his buckboard, embraced his wife and…
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On July 1, 1896, five young men, chained and dressed in black, walked to the gallows at Fort…