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| | American Old West - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | A typical view of the American West's land (and this kind of terrian is partially responsible for this area and some northlands being called "the Great American Desert"). | | | She married Clinton Burke in 1891 after the couple had been living together several years. | | | This view is at Kilbourne hole in New Mexico. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_West
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| | African Americans and the Old West |
| | Many African Americans saw this as their opportunity to escape the harsh racist views of the South with the intent of establishing a new economic base in the West. | | | These black pioneers had to face economic, political and social challenges unfamiliar to themselves as settlers of the Old West. | | | All photos are from the Associated Press Photo Archive except where otherwise noted. |
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http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/west/west.htm
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| | AmericanWest - "DOC" HOLLIDAY |
| | The outlaw gang in Tombstone had things their way for quite some time and they resented the arrival of the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday. | | | Long before his death he had maintained that he would not die in bed coughing his guts out. | | | Doc Holliday had come West years before, knowing his days were numbered. |
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http://www.americanwest.com/pages/docholid.htm
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| | The Old West Links |
| | The Old West History and Gunfighter Polls - If you're a fan of the Old West you'll want to vote on the topics found here, as well as see how others voted in earlier polls. | | | Visit their site and find out where to see them on the trial. | | | CYBER RODEO - Welcome to CyberRodeo - where the West meets the Web!!! |
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| | Old West Ring |
| | In order to be a member, your site must be about the old west, period, and you must place the ring html on your home page, a links page or a rings page. | | | The Saloon Existing ring members, sign in here. | | | " u-menulink1="../index.htm" clientside s-menu1="Home" u-menulink2="../outlaws.htm" s-menu2="Outlaws" s-target="" u-menulink3="../gunmen.htm" s-menu3="Gunmen" i-type="3" u-menulink4="../generalstore/wanted-posters.htm" s-menu4="Wanted Posters" i-count="13" u-menulink5="../generalstore/books.htm" s-menu5="Old West/Outlaw Books" u-menulink6="../hosting.htm" s-menu6="Sub-Domain Hosting" i-menusize="1" u-menulink7="../links/old-west.htm" s-menu7="Old West Links" s-inform=" :: Site Navigator :: " s-separator="" s-menu8="Exchange Links" s-menu11="Old West Ring" u-menulink11="oldwestring.htm" s-menu9="Rings" u-menulink9="../rings.htm" s-menu10="Bad Hombres Ring" u-menulink10="badhombresring.htm" s-menu13="Privacy Policy" u-menulink13="../privacypolicy.htm" u-menulink8="../links/linkexchange.htm" s-menu12="Mailing List" u-menulink12="../mailinglist.htm" --> |
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http://www.badhombres.com/rings/oldwestring.htm
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| | The Old West Links |
| | A fantastic list of links to all aspects of the Oregon Trail, the people who traveled it such as the Donner Party, and other trails. | | | This site links to information about many other trails such as the Santa Fe Trail, Mormon Trail, Applegate Trail, Nez Perce Trail, and many many others. | | | The association is dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of all the trails that led to the west. |
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http://www.suite101.com/links.cfm/old_west
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| | Old West |
| | Photographs of the American West 1861-1912 at National Archives and Records Administration | | | This is certainly the case for the Old West. | | | This Old West project has a companion People of the West page. |
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http://www.42explore2.com/oldwest.htm
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| | Old West Index Page |
| | Spirit of the West Festival, Sioux Falls, SD, September 17-19, 2004 | | | After all, the Old West is not really a time or a place but a state of mind. | | | The Old West of this page is defined loosely as the legend and reality of 19th Century America west of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and anything and anybody associated with it, past and present. |
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http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/oldwest/oldwest.htm
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| | The Overland Trail Main Page--Last Updated 12/07/02 |
| | Be sure to check out the Santa Fe Trail "Who's Who" which includes links to William Becknell (Father of the Santa Fe Trail), Josiah Gregg, and other more recent folks along the trail, including a "first person" account of travel on the trail provided by the g-grandson of the pioneer. | | | This Trails West WebRing site is owned by | | | Check out BarnesandNoble.com on this site for books on The Old West, many of which are discounted. |
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http://www.over-land.com
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| | The Question Corral |
| | I'm trying to find some information about the infamous gunfighter named John Wesley Hardin. | | | Wayne also appeared as a corpse in 1931's The Deceiver, and his character died in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). | | | Even though he probably was the most prolific mankiller of the Old West, there has yet to be a famous movie about him--and thus many people don't know much about him. |
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http://www.wildwestweb.net/answers.html
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| | The Overland Trail Links--The Old West History-Last updated 09/23/00 |
| | The Mountain Meadows Association Dedicated to the preservation of the memory of those who lost their lives in the Mountain Meadows Massacre and the preservation of all sites associated with the Baker-Fancher Wagon Train | | | Historical Hookups: The Guidon Books' links to the Old West, Native Americans, The Civil War, and other Americana sites on the web. | | | Old West Links Lots of links to California and overland trails, and also to Wintu and other Indigenous Peoples |
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http://www.over-land.com/westold.html
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| | Old West Alive! Publishing |
| | To preview Thadd Turner's newest book release, "Wild Bill Hickok: Deadwood City ~ End of Trail", please click here: | | | This is the goal of Old West Alive! | | | We attempt to to depict the old west correctly and in a manner that it brings this historic time period "alive" for others to experience. |
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http://oldwestalive.com
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| | Guns Of The Pioneers Old West Guns |
| | This Is A Sample Of The Revolver Rack At A Gun Show Four You Cowboy Shooters. | | | Made in the 70's by J.P. Sauer West Germany. | | | Antique black powder only 12 ga. This is a very nice old gun. |
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http://www.aci.net/schaefer/page53.html
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| | West - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | West is the direction towards which the sun sets at the equinox, and therefore the direction opposite that of the Earth's rotation. | | | West is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. | | | This article refers to the cardinal direction; for other uses see West (disambiguation). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West
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| | Tombstone Arizona - Old West History Links |
| | Best on the net for western related links! | | | A group dedicated to the history of the old west. | | | You never know who you might find verbally shooting it out in the OK Corral |
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| | U.S. Fire Arms - Old West Guns and Cowboy Action Shooting Rifles |
| | Watch informative videos from the USFA factory floor! | | | It is the only way to maintain the look and feel of the 19th century without the intrusiveness of the 20th. | | | Now USFA re-creates the Custer Battlefield gun much the way they would have appeared after use on the plains of the American West. |
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http://www.usfirearms.com
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| | Outlaw and Lawman History |
| | NOLA publishes a regular newsletter (part of which is available online as the NOLA Gazette) for its membership through which NOLA members share information about their research projects and are posted on numerous old West events and activities of interest across the nation. | | | Originally organized in 1974, NOLA today represents the nation's largest such old West historical organization. | | | Book reviews, film and television show reviews and other such interests are reported. |
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http://www.outlawlawman.com
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| | Welcome to Chronicle of the Old West |
| | When we started Chronicle of the Old West over four years ago, we had no idea how unique the publication was, and how well it would be received by Old West enthusiasts, as well as people who are interested in America's history. | | | Following the destruction brought on by Katrina and Rita, and while local, state and federal authorities, Democrats and Republicans alike, are busy pointing fingers at each other; the citizens of the United States and many countries throughout the world are busy “being a good neighbor and friend.” | | | As with the newspaper, the stories are aired in the month in which they took place. |
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http://www.chronicleoftheoldwest.com
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| | The Wild Wild West |
| | I've kept their stories short and brief, and all facts I've stated I believe to be the truth. | | | However, as in all stories about the west, it is hard to separate the truth from the myth. | | | With no law west of St. Louis and no God west of Fort Smith, Ark. the remnants of the Missouri Border Raiders and Texas Freebooters found the territories a safe place to conduct their illegal business from. |
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http://www.gunslinger.com/west.html
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| | The Victoria Advocate |
| | Speaking of West Texas, many times I have mentioned being from there and having people confuse the region with the Central Texas town of West, which does happen to be in McLennan County of which I am a native having been born in Waco. | | | Some of my first assignments for the Advocate that September of 1963 were taking pictures of the local football teams for Lyons. | | | An artesian well dating from 1910 supplies millions of gallons of cool water for swimmers to enjoy on hot summer days, there having once been a natural spring there from which it is said cattle herds from South Texas were watered on their way to the Chisholm Trail in Oklahoma and Kansas. |
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http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/columnists/wolff/story/3103422p-3600322c.html
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| | Old West Living History Uk |
| | The old west living history uk website is a place where old west enthusiasts/re-enactors can promote their existence in to-days society for to-morrows children worldwide who we hope in turn will continue promoting an interest in the old west ! | | | Family's from all walk's of life migrated from their homeland's to America to what was hoped to be a better life for them and their offspring escaping the famine and greed that bestowed them... | | | Here In the Uk and in deed all over the world you will find western re-enactors, Folk who re-enact the American old west as near as they can as to how it was back in the1800rds... |
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| | Cimarron Firearms - Old West Guns and Cowboy Action Shooting Firearms |
| | What would we do if he had been born in other times?? | | | Old west aficionados like you and I seek replicas of his original works to be used for sport shooting and old west competition. | | | From time to time all of us have yearned to have 'lived in other times.' Maybe in times past when life was less complicated, when there were fewer liberals, or when times offered more adventure. |
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http://www.cimarron-firearms.com
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| | Links |
| | Turner is an important author who really knows his old west history. | | | This is a guy who literally lives the Old West. | | | They prove that the old west can be a state of mind. |
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http://lonehand.com/links.htm
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| | Welcome to Old West Gunslingers of Montana |
| | The Old West Living History History Foundation - A national organization dedicated, as we are, to the men, women and children who keep the historical heritage of the American Frontier alive through their Living History events, exhibitions, re-enactments and stunt show performances of the old wild and wooly west. | | | I have personally had leather goods, such as belts and holsters made from this lady, and she is fantastic, and very reasonable priced for the amount of work. | | | We have been researching history for a lifetime, re-enacting it for five years. |
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http://www.cybernet1.com/oldwestguns
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| | Women of the West--Last updated 07/14/01 |
| | Annie Oakley She could shoot the head off a running quail when she was twelve years old. | | | Belle Starr From 1875 to 1880, Belle was the undisputed leader of a band of cattle-and horse-thieves. | | | Belle Starr: The Bandit Queen Neither a "belle" nor the "star" of any outlaw band...still she remains a legendary wild woman of the Old West. |
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http://www.over-land.com/westpers2.html
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| | Old West : discover how the west tamed America |
| | Americans have long been enchanted by the story of our nation's West, but what is often missed, is that beneath the popular tales and stereotypes, there is a saga of stamina and sheer survival with roots deeper than most of the public would imagine. | | | Horace Greeley quoted the Bible: God creates in order to populate. | | | Old West : discover how the west tamed America |
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/1372/oldwest.html
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| | Old West Side Association |
| | The Old West Side Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. | | | The non-profit Old West Side Association was formed in 1967 to promote neighborhood conservation. | | | The Old West Side is an historic neighborhood whose architecture, streetscape, history, and environment are especially characteristic of 19th century midwestern America. |
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http://www.oldwestside.org
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| | The Old West |
| | Some of the most colorful figures and outlaws of the Old West have claimed Utah as home. | | | Utah's prime location between California and the middle of nowhere created a sparsely populated landscape from which cattle rustlers and bandits could steal their way into western legend. | | | The Old West way of life is still strong within Utah. |
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http://www.utah.com/oldwest
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| | USATODAY.com - Vampires meet the Old West in 'Darkwatch' |
| | But when he blows open a treasure vault on a moving train, he unwittingly frees an old and powerful vampire lord, Lazarus Malkoth, who was held prisoner by Darkwatch, a secret society committed to fighting the world's supernatural evils. | | | Gamers play as seasoned outlaw Jericho Cross who is about to pull off the greatest heist in his career. | | | Malkoth bites Cross before he escapes, so now you must find and kill him to save your soul before transforming into a full vampire. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/marcsaltzman/2005-10-03-darkwatch_x.htm
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| | GhostRiders Stunt Co. reenactors of Old West and American Frontier History. |
| | GhostRiders do Living History interpretations based on either first-person or generic approximations of frontier people and events spanning the Antebellum years prior to the American Civil War, up to the turn of the century and Oklahoma statehood. | | | Discussion of American Frontier and Old West historical reenacting. | | | The GhostRiders provide slices of history for public consumption -- an encampment, street scene, or some similar representation of daily life in the Old West, as well as supplying extras casting and background artists (mounted/dismounted) for the motion picture and television production industry. |
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http://www.ghostriders.org
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| | The Game of Faro - History & Rules for the King of Old West Card Games |
| | Faro is also shown in the recent Costner/Duval movie, "Open Range" and many other movies attempting to portray the old west period accurately. | | | Contrary to what you may have been told, faro is simple to learn and easy to play. | | | In the movie "Wyatt Earp" (1994) you see Wyatt (portrayed by Kevin Costner) and his brothers dealing faro quite a bit. |
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http://www.bcvc.net/faro
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| | Old West Society of Minnesota |
| | We have been involved in Historic Re-enactments and Cowboy Action Shooting, since our inception. We are looking forward to many more action packed years, and hope that you come see us some time in the near future. | | | Old West Society of MN Welcome to the Website of the Old West Society of Minnesota | | | We hope that you have some fun, learning about our organization and about our western heritage. The Old West Society of Minnesota has been educating spectators and making new friends from Virginia, Minnesota to Tombstone, Arizona, from Greenbush, Wisconsin to Fort Smith, Arkansas. |
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| | Old West Wax Museum |
| | National newspaper etching and stories from 1860 to 1910 show how journalists and newspapers influenced ideas and myths of the West | | | Hero and heroine, outlaw and lawman, cowboy and schoolmarm, indian and mountain man-they all became part of the legends of the West. | | | Original historical maps from 1760 to present illustrate Western development |
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http://server1.westwaxmuseum.com
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| | Old West Gravesites - Main Page |
| | Among it's members are some of the best old west historians. | | | Those of you who have emailed me asking to proceed with this project can thank WOLA by becoming a member of this fine organization dedicated to the Old West. | | | This good news because WOLA has incredible resources. |
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http://www.fpcc.net/~sgrimm/oldwest.htm
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| | WWAC: Wild West Arts Club - Preserving Western Arena Arts |
| | The Wild West Arts Club is dedicated to preserving and promoting the Western Arena Arts and has a dynamic membership of over 600 people from 10 countries around the world. | | | Since WWAC's inception 16 years ago, we have over 700 members around the world, and still growing! | | | He discovered that people everywhere are fascinated by the skills of the American cowboy... |
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http://www.wwac.com
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| | This Day in History |
| | At the end of 18th century, the Spanish technically owned Louisiana, the huge region west of the Mississippi that had once been claimed by France and named for its monarch, King Louis XIV. | | | On this day in 1803, the U.S. Senate approves a treaty with France providing for the purchase of the territory of Louisiana, which would double the size of the United States. | | | Despite Spanish ownership, American settlers in search of new land were already threatening to overrun the territory by the early 19th century. |
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http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=oldwest
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| | Old West Story Teller |
| | The Old West Story Teller can't replace Grandpap, but it can become a place where a group of friends lean back, put their feet up and stretch a tale or two. | | | Grandpap would kick off his boots, lean back on a rickety wooden chair, puff on his old pipe and yarn about growing up a farm. | | | Stories are great, but I also like Old West Collectibles: |
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| | Non-Fiction Old West Books - Gunfighters and Outlaws |
| | This is to protect me in case there is a misprint of a price on the book list. | | | The books on the list are my own personal books. | | | Call the marshall if see him around your Old West Books!! |
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http://www.angelfire.com/ma/oldwestbooks
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| | The Men and Women of Old West Action Shooting |
| | Now, "the keepers of the flame" are the men and women of the Single Action Shooting Society, Western Action Shootists Association, National Congress of Old West Shootists, Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association, and the other organizations and unaffiliated shooters | | | Today, the spirit of the Old West is alive and well once again. But this time the outlaws go "clang" when hit, and live to fight | | | Old West Action Shooting, Cowboy Action Shooting, SASS, Single Action Shooting Society, CAS, WASA, Western Action Shootists Association, NCOWS, National Congress of Old West Shootists, CMSA, Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association, Shootists, Shoot, Alias, Pictures, Picture Gallery |
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http://cowboyshootin.homestead.com/home.html
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| | Old West Library |
| | A memoir and object lesson for those who would find their fortune in the West. | | | To order Who Should Go West, see the Order page. | | | James Butler Hickok was a scout for the Union in bloody Missouri during the Civil War. |
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http://www.oldwestlibrary.com/OWL/oldwestlibrary.htm
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| | Bitter Creek Outlaws - Old West Gunfighters |
| | An old west living history and gunfighter group located in southwest Wyoming, the area once roamed by Butch Cassidy and his gang. | | | They have been known to be ruthless when it comes to gunning down ugly cats, lawyers, lame dogs, and tourists from New York City. | | | The Bitter Creek Outlaws is a group of low-down, dirty, rotten, mean, ugly (and that's just our Sheriff) personages that perform skits depicting life in the west in the 1880- 1890 time period. |
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http://www.wyomerc.com/bcohome.html
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| | Old West Durham Neighborhood Association homepage |
| | If you have any questions about Old West Durham, please contact John Schelp (president) at john@owdna.org. | | | The Old West Durham Neighborhood Association is probably at the top of the list when it comes to making its views known on everything from transit stations for the proposed light-rail system to cleaning up cemeteries." | | | We are a group of neighborhood residents working together to strengthen the sense of community in Old West Durham and to preserve and enhance the quality of life in OWD. |
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http://www.owdna.org
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| | The Old West History Net |
| | Library of Congress All the State Archives Old West History.Net Link Page Tombstone Links | | | Old West Web Site of the Month: Lawmen and Outlaws Discussion Page | | | Click here and listen to Old Western Radio Broadcasts from the 1930/40s |
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http://www.oldwesthistory.net
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| | Cowtown West |
| | were host to some of the most famous and infamous names of the west. | | | I have written many articles for OLD WEST, TRUE WEST, WILD WEST, | | | Growing up and living within 35 miles Dodge, it was easy to get into research and subsequently writing on those characters. |
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http://www.larned.net/rogmyers/rogmyers.htm
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| | OLD WEST 1873 |
| | Oldwest73@AOL.com We have a very large inventory including many early views of Native Americans and the West, by W. Jackson, C.E. Watkins, Charles Weitfle, Timothy O Sullivan and many other photographers too many images to list. |
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