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Address on the occasion of removing the remains of Captains Walker and Gillespie, on the twenty-first of April, A.D. 1856. Published by a committee of citizens
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1856
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Pamphlet
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Texas
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[Autograph letter signed, addressed to Albert M. Lea of Philadelphia]
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1836
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Correspondence
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[Autograph letter, addressed to Edwin A. Havers]
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15 Feb 1887
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Correspondence
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[Autograph letter, addressed to J. W. Bliss]
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30 Sep 1870
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Correspondence
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California
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[Autograph letter, addressed to John Bigelow]
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31 Dec 1844
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Correspondence
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New Mexico
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The banditti of the plains; or, The cattlemen’s invasion of Wyoming in 1892 (The crowning infamy of the ages.)
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1894
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Rare Book
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Wyoming
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The banditti of the prairies, or, The murderer’s doom!!: a tale of the Mississippi Valley
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1850
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Rare Book
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Mississippi; Illinois
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Billy LeRoy, the Colorado bandit; or, The king of American highwaymen. A complete and authentic history of this famous young desperado, his crimes and adventures.
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1883
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Periodical
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Colorado; New Mexico
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The border outlaws. An authentic and thrilling history of the most noted bandits of ancient or modern times…
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1881
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Rare Book
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Missouri
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Border tales: around the camp fire, in the Rocky Mountains
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1878
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Rare Book
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Wyoming; Montana; Idaho; Nebraska
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"Buffalo Bill" (The Hon. William F. Cody) rifle and revolver shot, pony express rider, teamster, buffalo hunter, guide and scout; a full account of his adventurous life with the origin of his "wild west" show
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1887
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Rare Book; Photograph; Map
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Iowa; Kansas
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Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace
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1893
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Rare Book
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Iowa; Colorado
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West; America's national entertainment
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1884
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Pamphlet
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Buffalo Bill’s wild west and congress of rough riders of the world; historical sketches and programme
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1893
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Pamphlet
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Nebraska; Texas
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Captain Jeff; or, frontier life in Texas with the Texas Rangers…
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1906
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Rare Book
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Texas
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Catalogue of books, in the different departments of literature, for sale by R. Patterson & Lambdin, Booksellers & Stationers...
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1818
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Rare Book
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Pennsylvania
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Clay Allison of the Washita, first a cow man and then an extinguisher of bad men. Recollections of Colorado, New Mexico and the Texas panhandle, reminiscences of a ’79er
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1920
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Pamphlet
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Colorado; New Mexico; Texas; Oklahoma
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Conquering the wilderness, or, New pictorial history of the life and times of the pioneer heroes and heroines of America
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1883
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Rare Book
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Kentucky; New Mexico; California
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Crooked trails
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1898
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Rare Book
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Texas; California; Mexico
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Diary
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1876-1877
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Journal
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Wyoming
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Drawings by Frederic Remington
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1897
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Pamphlet; Ephemera; Drawing; Painting
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Colorado; Arizona
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Famous frontiersmen, pioneers and scouts; the vanguards of American civilization
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1883
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Rare Book
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Wyoming; Ohio; Canada; Kentucky; Tennessee; Virginia; California; Washington; New York; Arizona; Colorado; Nebraska; Texas; Pennsylvania
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Five years among wild savages. The renowned Apachee captive Miss Olive Oatman…
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1859
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Broadside
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The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi
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1853
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Rare Book
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Alabama; Mississippi
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Frontier legend; Texas finale of Capt. William F. Drannan pseudo frontier comrade of Kit Carson...
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1954
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Rare Book
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Texas
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General Sheridan’s squaw spy, and Mrs. Clara Blynn’s captivity among the wild Indians of the prairies: a thrilling narrative of the daring exploits and hair-breadth escapes of Viroqua…
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c.1869
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Rare Book
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Oklahoma
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The guerrillas of the West, or the life, character and daring exploits of the Younger brothers…
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1876
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Rare Book
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Missouri
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Hard knocks: a life story of the vanishing west
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1915
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Rare Book
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The Dakotas; Kansas; Wyoming
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Heroes of the plains, or, lives and wonderful adventures of Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill... and other celebrated Indian fighters... including a true and thrilling history of Gen. Custer’s famous "last fight"
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1881
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Rare Book
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John Colter, discoverer of Yellowstone park; an account of his exploration in 1807 and of his further adventures as hunter; trapper; Indian fighter; pathfinder and member of the Lewis and Clark expedition
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1926
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Rare Book
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Wyoming; Montana; Idaho
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A journal of the adventures of Matthew Bunn
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1796
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Pamphlet
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Ohio; Michigan
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Life and adventures of Calamity Jane
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1896
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Pamphlet
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Montana; Utah; Wyoming; Arizona; The Dakotas
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The life and adventures of Colonel David Crockett of Tennessee
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1833
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Rare Book
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Tennessee
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Life of the Marlows as related by themselves
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1892
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Rare Book
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Colorado; Texas
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Life of Tom Candy Ponting
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Rare Book
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Wisconsin
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The life, times, and treacherous death of Jesse James
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1882
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Rare Book
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Texas; Missouri; Nebraska; New York; Kentucky; California; Minnesota; Kansas
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Long Lance
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1929
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Rare Book
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Montana; Canada
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Narrative of the adventures of Zenas Leonard, a native of Clearfield County, PA. Who spent five years in trapping for furs, trading with the Indians, &c. &c., of the Rocky Mountains
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1839
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Rare Book
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Canada
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A narrative of the captivity of Mrs. Horn, and her two children, with Mrs. Harris, by the Camanche Indians, after they had murdered their husbands and travelling companions...
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1839
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Pamphlet
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Texas; New York
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Narratives of a late expedition against the Indians; with an account of the barbarous execution of Col. Crawford; and the wonderful escape of Dr. Knight and John Slover from captivity, in 1782
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1783
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Pamphlet
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Notes from a cowboy’s diary
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1925
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Pamphlet; Diary
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Colorado
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Outskirt episodes. The wild and woolly west of early days was a land of crime in many ways...
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1927
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Rare Book
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Wyoming
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Pawnee Bill (Major Gordon W. Lillie): his experiences and adventures on the western plains; or, from the saddle of a "cowboy and ranger" to the chair of "Bank President"
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1902
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Rare Book
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Oklahoma
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Philip Nolan's friends: a story of the change of western empire
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1877
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Rare Book
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Texas
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[Photograph of Buffalo Bill, Pawnee Bill and Buffalo Jones]
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1910
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Correspondence; Photograph
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[Photograph, supposed to portray "Calamity Jane", Martha Cannary Burk, on horseback, accoutred.]
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1888
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Photograph
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The Rachel Plummer narrative; a stirring narrative of adventure, hardship and privation in the early days of Texas, depicting struggles with the Indians and other adventures
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1926
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Rare Book
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Texas; Mexico; Colorado; Missouri
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The renowned historical celebrities Buffalo Bill (Hon. W.F. Cody) and Captain Jack (J.W. Crawford) in the realistic western drama, written especially for Buffalo Bill, in 5 acts, entitled: Life on the border. Supported by a powerful dramatic organization.
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1877
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Poster; Broadside
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California
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Roughing it
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1872
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Rare Book; Journal
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Nevada; California
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A selection of visual material from the Newberry Library
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1843-1912
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Illustration; Front Cover; Painting; Drawing; Photograph
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The story of Cole Younger, by himself
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1903
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Rare Book
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Kansas; Missouri; Minnesota
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This (Monday) evening, July 27th, will be presented, for the second time an entire new drama, in three acts, written by Mr. C.E. Bingham, entitled The captivity and massacre of the Oatman family! by the Apache & Mohave Indians!...
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1857
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Poster
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California
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A thrilling narrative of the horrible sufferings and miraculous escape of Samuel Brown...
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1852
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Pamphlet
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Iowa
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A thrilling narrative of Indian captivity
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1863
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Pamphlet; Correspondence; Journal
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Minnesota
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The thrilling, startling and wonderful narrative of Lieutenant Harrison, who was taken prisoner at Goliad, Texas, in 1836, and only escaped the treacherous murder of his companions by the inhuman Mexicans, to be transferred to a punishment worse than death, namely, the mines of Mexico...
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1848
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Pamphlet
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Mexico; Texas
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A true account of the capture of Frank Rande: "the noted outlaw"
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1897
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Rare Book
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Illinois; Iowa; Missouri
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The true life of Billy the Kid
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1881
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Pamphlet
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New Mexico; Arizona
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The true life of Billy the Kid
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c.1945
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Pamphlet
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New Mexico
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True story of the lost shackle, or, seven years with the Indians
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1897
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Pamphlet
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Wyoming; Iowa
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True tales of the plains, by Buffalo Bill
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1908
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Rare Book
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Kansas; The Dakotas; Iowa; Nebraska; Wyoming; Colorado
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Under the black flag, by Captain Kit Dalton, a Confederate soldier, a guerrilla captain under the fearless leader Quantrell, and a border outlaw for seventeen years following the surrender of the Confederacy
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1914
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Rare Book
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Kentucky; Missouri; Tennessee; Kansas; Texas
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The Western souvenir, a Christmas and New Year's gift for 1829
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1829
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Periodical; Rare Book
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Wisconsin; Kentucky; Ohio
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Wild life in the far west; personal adventures of a border mountain man…
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1872
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Rare Book
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California; Mexico; Arizona
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