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Wyatt Earp Doc Holliday
4,776 wordsThe story of John Henry Doc Holliday is somewhat different from what most people think. He served no government. He wasn t the victim of social oppression. He was not one who you would want to be your enemy. He was on of the coolest killers ever to snatch a gun from hiding. This is the story of his life and his legendary friend ship with Wyatt Earp. Doc was a dentist whom necessity had made a gambler; a gentleman whom disease had made frontier vagabond; a philosopher whom life had made a caustic...
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Santa Fe Doc Holliday
815 wordsFORD COUNTY by Brandon Noll Ford County was named in honor of Colonel James H. Ford, of the Second Colorado Calvary, Commander at Fort Dodge, once a Military Reservation of about 12, 000 acres. It was the most important military outpost on the Santa Fe Trail from about 1858 to 1882. Land was homesteaded by settlers and some land was purchased, coming from two sources, the Santa Fe Land Grant and the Osage Treaty Lands. Dodge City, was declared the county seat and was a famous frontier town and s...
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Forced To Live Women And Children
2,170 wordsHeros In Western Films Their Relationship Heros In Western Films Their Relationship With The Community In the genre of western films, the hero plays a key role. Humanity portrays civilisation overcoming the hostile country. (Miller 1983: 66) In many films the American civil war is over, people have turned their attention to more constructive pursuits. Battling nature to progress Americas future rather than each other. In between this wild country, fraught with danger and corruption lies the role...
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