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Horse Theft
Is your horse at risk?
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Prevent Horse Theft
Horse theft is something most people attribute to the Old West, but it still happens today. Using technology rather than six-shooters, horse thieves are still at large.
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Billy the Kid: Truth and Myth
Everyone has heard of the legendary "Billy the Kid." But how much do you really know about this American folk hero?
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Indian Territory - Oklahoma
Franklin Pierce West and his cousin, Sam Starr, meet on opposite sides of the law.
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Horse Slaughter
America’s Struggle to Make Horse Slaughter Illegal

The Bushranger-Matthew Brady
The forests and mountains of the Island state of Australia, were home to its lesser known colourful outlaws.
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Outlaw and Lawman John King Fisher
King Fisher walked the line on both sides of the law during his lifetime, eventually becoming a deputy sheriff before his untimely death.
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Big Nose Kate
Big Nose Kate's life evolved from priviledged aristocrat to runaway to dance hall girl and prostitute to the mistress of the famous Doc Holliday.
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Book Review - At Risk
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Butch Cassidy
Butch Cassidy was an American outlaw who became a folk hero to many poor rural cattle ranchers and settlers who were being squeezed out by big Cattle Barons.
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Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin is probably the best known of Britian's Highwayman Outlaws, but who was he really?
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Don’t Wait For the Translation!
How much damage can a word do? More than you think.
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History of the Death Penalty
The death penalty was customary in Europe over several centuries. This article looks at the instruments used to execute criminals and heretics.
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John "Doc" Holliday
Doc Holliday was diagnosed with tuberculosis early in life and was a fatalist whose intentions were to go out in a blaze of glory.
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Mrs. Dalton’s Boys, part 2
The Dalton boys turn from being lawmen to becoming outlaws. Finally after becoming wanted for murder, horse theft and selling liquor to the Indians, Bob and Grattan head for California where Bill and Littleton already live.
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Sam Bass: American Outlaw
Sam Bass tried his hand at honest labor but soon discovered horse racing and crime.
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The Life and Crimes of Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin was a career criminal who stole, tortured and killed. Despite this, he is remembered as a heroic figure, and a gentleman among highwaymen.
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William Miner, Canadian Train Robber
The Gentleman Bandit, Bill Miner held up stagecoaches and trains with varying success. Spending most of his life in prison, escape was always possible, even in Canada.
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Fort Churchill, Nevada (Part 2)
There were many forts across the west, some military and some for trading. Fort Churchill was strictly to provide a military presence to protect travellers to and from the gold and silver rush areas near Lake Tahoe and over the Sierras into California from Indians. The fort was in place for several years before the threat was diminished and the transcontinental railroad ended the need for wagon trains.
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GUNFIGHT ON TOMBSTONE'S FREMONT STREET
In 1881 a furious feud flared to a fatal finish in a brief but deadly shootout in Tombstone, Arizona. This bloody fight on Fremont Street near the OK Coral between the Earp Brother and Doc Holliday, opposed by the Clantons and the McLaurys, left three men dead and three wounded.
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Hank Vaughan, Oregon Rustler
Hank Vaughan got into trouble with the law at an early age. Ever since he had his share of gunfights, some of them ending in death. His main of line of business, though, was rustling cattle and horses. He made a good living at while keeping up the front of a legitimate businessman.
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Harvey Logan a.k.a. Kid Curry
Kid Curry is probably best known for his association with the Wild Bunch. However, his career as an outlaw started long before he joined the Wild Bunch and went on after he left. He was probably one of the most violent of those associated with the Wild Bunch.
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Jim Bridger and the Fur Trade (Part 2)
After 1840, the demand for beaver pelts was drastically reduced. That was because the silly fashion that had demanded it (top hats), had changed to silk. Now what was Jim Bridger to do with his time?
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Paulina, Shoshone Chief
Chief Paulina was not a chief by birth but by experience and leadership. He represented his native Shoshone tribe but also their affiliated kin such as the Paiutes. He didn't wait for white man to cheat him, but instead went on the offensive. He is one of the lesser known Indian chiefs of the wild west.
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Soujourn in Athens: Millennium Series 4
Arrival in the port of Raffina after an amazing month in Satorini, leaves a bad taste in our mouth, but the stay in Athens is brilliant as the British say. Travel with us and check out the pictures.
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Who Put the Hob in Hobgoblin?
Do you know the difference between a goblin and a hobgoblin? The characteristics of a gnome or a dwarf? An ogre? A troll? Most importantly, will the bogeyman get you if you don’t read this article?
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