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Mysterious Dave

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Caryn

He came from a family of seafaring lawmen in Massachusetts, and a long line of English sailors of the Seven Seas. Nevertheless, David Allen Mather was known as Mysterious Dave, because people weren’t sure if he was a lawman or a killer. Continue reading →

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Tough As Nails Clean Up Crew

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Caryn

The Old West was a wild, untamed place, and the people who lived there had to be tough as nails too. During that time, the Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, was considered the most violent of the American territories. Along with … Continue reading →

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Not A Gunfighter

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Caryn

When we think of the outlaws of the old west, the term “gunfighter” or “gunslinger” were not the terms used to describe those men, or even the lawmen that some of them became upon changing their ways. They were actually … Continue reading →

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Vigilantes

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Caryn

When a crime is committed, it seems to take forever to bring justice for the victims. Sometimes people just don’t want to wait, or they are so mad about the crime committed against them or their family, that they decide, … Continue reading →

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Gun For Hire

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Caryn

The old West as a wild place with very little law enforcement, and there was a lot of distance between lawmen. That also left room for may forms of lawlessness. I can’t say for sure that the gun for hire … Continue reading →

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Without The Lawmen

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Caryn

There are people these days who think we should get rid of the police officers, but they are obviously not thinking about the Old West. In the early days of the Old West, there were no law men. People had … Continue reading →

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