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Old West
7M ago
Sitting around evening campfires, Jim Bridger, one of the Old West’s funniest trail guides, frontiersmen, trappers, and explorers,…
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Old West
7M ago
The Spencer repeating rifle was one of the first successful repeating rifles in the world, and ultimately changed…
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Old West
7M ago
“…being armed with breech-loaders they [the Sharpshooters] could lie low, and without changing position reload and fire ten…
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Old West
8M ago
Traditional American tattoos may be rooted in the open seas of the 1800s, but vast Western landscapes inspired…
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8M ago
The Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804 to 1806 was commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the…
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8M ago
In the early hours of May 23, 1934, Frank Hamer, a tough-as-nails Texas Ranger with a deep, authoritative…
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8M ago
The Unsinkable Molly Brown is forever associated with the RMS Titanic, the ill-fated luxury liner that struck an…
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Old West
9M ago
The Chisholm Trail is renowned for cattle, cowboys, chuck wagons, and nearly everything iconic about the Old West.…
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9M ago
On November 28, 1965, a local television station in North Texas aired a special about a discovery outside…
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Old West
9M ago
When the smoke cleared from the side lot of C. S. Fly’s photography studio, just six doors down…
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