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Rough Country Rough Country
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The Untamed West The Untamed West
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Michael R. Ritt

After the Cattle Drives – The Impact of Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” on the Meatpacking Industry and Food Inspection

As Western history and fiction lovers, we are all familiar with the cattle drives of the late nineteenth century. They were, at times, romantic, dangerous, and mundane. But what happened…

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The Mule-Made Man

What does a Texas mule have to do with helping to launch the careers of several entertainment icons? To answer that question, you need to know what happened in the…

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How Roy Bean Saved a Heavyweight Prize Fight

The heavyweight boxing championship fight of 1896 was arguably the most controversial sporting event of all time, escalating at one point into an international incident that involved two great athletes,…

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The Conversion of Boze Carter

How far does a hard-drinking, gambling, womanizing cow thief have to go before he decides that he needs to make some changes in his life? If you are Boze Carter,…

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Fair Fight or Foul?

It was December 2, 1896, the night of the heavyweight championship fight, and they still didn’t have a referee to officiate. The last-minute celebrity referee was well respected, but what…

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The Strange Journey of Elmer McCurdy – The Outlaw Who Wouldn’t Give Up

What do an Oklahoma bandit, a traveling carnival, Skeletor, and the Six Million Dollar Man have in common? To find out, you need to know the story of Elmer McCurdy,…

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