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Category: Feature

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The One and Only ‘Booger’ Was Among History’s Best Rodeo Performers

by Richard F. Selcer 4/5/20242/8/2024

Texan Sam Privett, the colorfully nicknamed proprietor of Booger Red’s Wild West, backed up his boast he could ride anything on four legs.

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An SAS Rescue Mission Mission Gone Wrong

by Gavin Mortimer 4/2/20242/12/2024
Sue Robinson
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This Victorian-Era Performer Learned that the Stage Life in the American West Wasn’t All Applause and Bouquets

by Carolyn Grattan Eichin 3/29/20242/8/2024
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Could These American Paratroopers Stop the Germans from Reaching Utah Beach on D-Day?

by James M. Fenelon 3/26/20242/12/2024
Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde Bothered and Bewildered Westerners While Touring to Promote Gilbert and Sullivan

by Preston Lewis 3/22/20242/8/2024
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This Frenchman Tried to Best the Wright Brothers on Their Home Turf

by Reg Winstone 3/20/20241/29/2024
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The Explosion of Mount Hood

by Steven Trent Smith 3/19/20242/12/2024
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The Poignant Tale Behind a Celebrated Civil War Sketch

by George Skoch 3/18/20242/22/2024
101 Ranch Real Wild West performance
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The Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West Didn’t Have Buffalo Bill’s Reach, But Its Performers Took Hollywood by Storm

by E. Joe Brown 3/15/20242/8/2024
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The Scandal that Led to Harry S. Truman Becoming President and Marilyn Monroe Getting Married

by Stephan Wilkinson 3/13/20241/29/2024

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