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How Judge Roy Bean made Lillie Langtry into a famous Texan
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Calling outlaw Cullen Baker a gunfighter would be a promotion
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Clint Walker’s “Cheyenne” set the Western craze ablaze
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Clayton Moore was the only Lone Ranger fans will accept
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The adventures of Lewis & Clark’s well-traveled prairie dog
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Calamity Jane, Wild Bill Hickok – A shotgun wedding?
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Bad luck or bad judgment – both followed unpredictable Harney
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The 1950 “Broken Arrow” was a Hollywood game changer
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A wild ride down the Colorado first mapped the Grand Canyon
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Sam Bass, DOB, DOD same day, short 27 years apart