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Y.B. Rowdy (standing) evidently lent his Medal of Honor to fellow scout 1st Sgt. Cut-Mouth Moses for this circa 1895 photo session. Rowdy was honored for his bravery in action with Apaches on March 7, 1890, while he was serving as a Company A scout during the Cherry Creek Campaign in Arizona.
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Ed Ganz Sadly, afer the Apache bands capitulated most of the scouts were stripped of their rank and weapons and where shipped into captivity with them. Just another example where the white man could not be trusted.
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Jeff Collins He died while still serving in the a Army and is buried at Sante Fe.
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James R. Gililland (Gilliland), holding the tally book, stands with his crew in the slaughter corral operated by rancher Oliver Lee to supply meat to rail workers in Carrizozo, New Mexico.
– Courtesy Steve Sederwall / C.L. Sonnichsen papers, MS141,
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Lin Anderson James (Jim) Gilliland was my cousin. His mother and my Granddad Jim Smith's mothers were sisters.
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Tony King Pretty sure there are some health code violations right there. Lol
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A young Bat Masterson stands alongside his friend Wyatt Earp in this 1876 photo. At the time, they were Ford County deputies. Masterson was 23, and Earp was 28.
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Lawrence Kreger Wyatt Earp lived to a very ripe old age and all sorts of people had the chance to meet him...
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John H Davis My Great Grandfather grew up toting a long barrel shooter under his left arm of his bibbed coveralls. He told me many stories I need to write down. He died in 1967, and was born in 1878. Married my grandmother at age 15, she was 14. They raised 4 boys ...See More
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Independence Day at Independence Rock
Independence Day at Independence Rock
Known as “The Register of the Desert,” there sits in the south-central part of Wyoming a haystack-looking rock—visible for miles, but with climbable, sloping walls...
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Rick Cochran Been by that rock...yrs. Ago
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Genie Quinn Donley Great Story and Picture !!
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Pat Garrett’s Buffalo Hunt Adventure
Pat Garrett’s Buffalo Hunt Adventure
Prior to his rendezvous with destiny, Pat Garrett—like many frontier vagabonds—dabbled in several occupations, including buffalo hunting.
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Janie Gilgert-Seese Slaughtering buffalo not good sounds like he got away with too much
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Eamonn Sheridan bushwhacker
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The Regulator-Moderator War
The Regulator-Moderator War
Texas’ Regulator-Moderator War was one of the worst feuds ever. 
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