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Colt’s Last Wild West Six-Gun

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Published June 28, 2011
Written by Phil Spangenberger
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new-service-coltThe Old West may have been gone by the early 1900s, but the West was still a place where a man needed to be “well heeled.”

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Bartlesville, Oklahoma

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Published June 27, 2011
Written by Miriam Cronkhite
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bartlesville_oklahoma“Bartlesville is an interesting blend of Western, Native American and energy history.

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Saddling Up in Style

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Published January 03, 2005
Written by Bob Willis
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jerry-croft_saddles_tom-selleck_monte-walshJerry Croft can be a stubborn cuss. Growing up in Michigan, he decided he was going to be a cowboy. There was just one problem.

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Did citizens lynch criminals in the West?

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Published January 01, 2008
Written by Marshall Trimble
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The “Crazy” Dose

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Published April 26, 2012
Written by TWMag
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frontier_fare_herbs_Sherry_Mohan_western_reciepes“One of the most prevalent superstitions was regarding the burial of partially decayed materials under steps of the house of the person to whom one wished harm.

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The Curse of Idolatry

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Published November 02, 2007
Written by Henry Cabot Beck
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Fame traps the hero in the new Jesse James film centered on brotherly betrayal. Jesse James stands on a frozen pond. Through the ice, he can see the carp swimming inches below the surface.

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Salty Thieves

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Published April 16, 2012
Written by Sherry Monahan
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dill_pickles_recipe_salt_thieves“Another Robbery, This One On the Yukon, Netted $7,000,” read the August 31, 1898, headline in The Helena Independent.

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Words West: Voices of Young Pioneers

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Published January 03, 2005
Written by Cynthia Green
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words_west_voices_of_young_pioneers_ginger_wadsworth_children_trailBetween 1841-66, nearly 500,000 pioneers went west.

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Snake River Salmon

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Published March 13, 2012
Written by Sherry Monahan
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recipeces_salmon_fish_sauce_victorian“While travelling along the Snake River, father secured a fine, large salmon from an Indian, and we looked forward to a good feast at supper time.

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