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"A refuge for outlaws at the close of the 1800s, the Arizona Territory was a wild, lawless land of greedy feuds, brutal killings and figures of enduring legend. These gunfighters included heroes as well as killers, and some were considered both. Bandit Pearl Hart committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies in the country, and James Addison Reavis pulled off the most extraordinary real estate scheme in the West. With fearless lawmen like...
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Wild West collection volume 4
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Arizona Dept. of Transportation
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[1997]
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English
47) Days of destiny
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Wild West collection volume 1
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Arizona Dept. of Transportation
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[1996]
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English
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Vishnu Temple Press
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©2016.
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English
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From the Introduction: "For those of us who develop an interest in the recent human history of Grand Canyon, gravesites and cemeteries become inevitable destinations. Some buried at the Canyon are well-known, but many others are remembered more among family members or are almost entirely forgotten. For a surprising number, little can be found in park records and similar sources, even for some who once worked as Canyon rangers. The goal here is to...
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"The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill. On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, nine men clashed in what would be known as the most famous shootout in American frontier history. Thirty bullets were exchanged in thirty seconds, killing three men and wounding three others. The fight sprang forth from a tense, hot summer. Cattle rustlers...
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Yale University Press
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"The gunfight at the O.K. Corral occupies a unique place in American history. Although the event itself lasted less than a minute, it became the basis for countless stories about the Wild West. At the time of the gunfight, however, Wyatt Earp was not universally acclaimed as a hero. Among the people who knew him best in Tombstone, Arizona, many considered him a renegade and murderer." "This book tells the story of the prosecution of Wyatt Earp, his...
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A.C. Greene volume 12
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University of North Texas Press
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2012
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English
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Arrowhead Press
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1993.
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English
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This book is a great history about the Superstition Mountains, its people, and its legend with an ending still unwritten. Few subjects attribute so much to legend and lore as does the famous tale of the Lost Dutchman Mine. For almost a century men and women have searched the Superstition Mountains of central Arizona for what they believe is the richest gold mine in the world. It is their stories which compose most of the history of these mountains....
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