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Thornton Affair – It’s mostly how Texas got so big.
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Vigilantes interrupt assassin “Killin” Jim Miller’s business model
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Thomas Hart Benton was a Western artist by default
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1st Arbor Day in Nebraska – a place badly needing trees!
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The day a bunch of Texas cowboys went on strike
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How George “Big Nose” Parrott became a pair of shoes
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Texans turn out war hero Sam Houston over secession
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First woman elected mayor started out as a joke
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First bison to become a city slicker in Golden Gate Park
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Bad boy Peckinpah and his innovative, bloody movies