A would-be bandit’s body was found dead along railroad tracks — and he apparently was no slouch when it came to weaponry.
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University of Arizona Holds Special Status
The University of Arizona is a fine modern institution with terrific collections of Western […]
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Ghost Towns: Bodie, California
In the summer of 1859, W.S. Bodey struck gold in the stark hills north […]
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Christmas Frontier-Style
Yes, Virginia City, there is a Santa Claus. On Christmas Day 1863 in Virginia […]
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Camels Go West: Forgotten Frontier Story
The U.S. Army’s experiment of 150 years ago to use the cloven-footed, humped creatures […]
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Plenty Horses’ Vengeance
The young Brulé Sioux, wanting to avenge the one-sided fight at Wounded Knee, shot […]
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Comanche Chief Quanah Parker: A Man of Two Worlds
Half-white but raised a Comanche, Quanah Parker led the “Lords of the Plains” in times of war and peace and knew enough about the white man’s world to become a successful cattleman.
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Self-reliant Mormons Started Deseret Mint, ‘The Money Mill’
It produced ‘Great Salt Lake City Pure Gold’ coins. The Mormon pioneers ended their […]
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John Grass Stood Tall at Standing Rock as a Farmer, Judge, Leader
The cooperative Blackfoot Lakota became a culture broker. John Grass, a major Blackfoot Lakota […]
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Newlywed Maggie Graham Met Sudden Disaster in the Desert
Apaches ambushed her in Texas’ Bass Canyon. The wedding held on September 16, 1879, […]