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Bat Masterson in New York
Legendary western lawman Bat Masterson moved to Manhattan and became a newspaper sportswriter and Broadway character, immortalized as Sky Masterson in "Guys and Dolls."
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Bartholomew "Bat" Masterson
Bat Masterson was one of the most renowned "Lawmen of the Old West" but was not the cold-blooded killer that so many false legends and counterfeit reports claimed.
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Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson was one of the west's most famous lawman. Unlike legend would have it, he did not kill over two dozen men. In fact, Masterson always try to get men to back down with violence, or if he had to use it, by hitting them with his gun or his cane. It seems he always followed the letter of the law.
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Luke Short
Luke Short, gambler and American Gunfighter. He gained his unusual nickname because he always aimed for the chest and never for the head making the undertakers job easier
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NBC Doesn't Achieve Ratings Gold
This week we look at NBC's Olympic ratings, presidential debates, the playoffs for Major League Baseball, This Week in TV History and an upcoming trivia contest for CHARLIE'S ANGELS.
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Doc Holliday (Part 1)
Most people have heard of Doc Holliday because of his association with Wyatt Earp and the shoot-out at the O.K. Corral. However, that was only a small portion of Doc's life. He led a violent, but brief life at the boom-towns of the West. This account is somewhat different than you saw in the movie "Tombstone," but the main facts are the same.
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Dodge City, Kansas
The evolution of Dodge City, Kansas from a few sod houses to a railroad depot and booming cow town was a natural one considering its prime location on the Santa Fe Trail.
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Texas Billy Thompson
William “Texas Billy” Thompson came to Texas with his family at an early age from Knottingley, England. During his violent and unlucky life he managed to kill two good friends, in separate incidents. He was shot in a gun battle in Kansas and nursed back to health by Bat Masterson only to be killed eight years later in another gunfight in Laredo, Texas.
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Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson
Kit Carson spent years helping stop the "Indian Uprisings" and to create a safe environment for white American settlers, unfortunately at the expense of native Americans.
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Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp is probably the best known of the old west lawmen. Maybe it's because of his funny name or his famous encounter with the Clanton brothers at the O.K. Corral. But Wyatt Earp still lives on in legend as one of the toughest old-time sheriffs of the West.
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John Ringo 1
John Ringo thought he'd go into the cattle business--using other peoples' cattle.
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Canadian Military at War
A country roughly the size of the United States, but with only thirty million people. Canada has always been there with men and aid when the world community calls.
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Haunted New Mexico St. James Hotel
Ghosts, smells of perfume and cigar smoke, locked haunted room, objects mysteriously disappearing, things electrical gone awry.... Welcome to the hotel St. James.
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Legendary Lawman Wyatt Earp
The legend of Wyatt Earp began in Dodge City, Kansas and became etched in immortality at Tombstone's O.K. Corral.
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Americas Black West, part 2
In 1866 Congress organizes four regiments of African-American soldiers to help fight the Native Americans. These soldiers participate in a bicycle experiment across the Plains. Black Cowboys are explored such as Bose Ikard, Bill Pickett and Nat Love.
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