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California Joe the Frontier Scout and Myth Bust
The piece profiles Moses Embery Milner known as California Joe, a famed frontier scout who rode with Kit Carson and fought in Adobe Walls. It recounts his birth in 1829, travels from Kentucky to Missouri and California, his hallmarks as a rifle shot, and his death at Fort Robinson in 1876, noting a grandson authored biography and a quiet grave.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Fort Robinson
Neb
Mores Milner
Ned Bauntiine
Col. Prentiss Ingraham
California Joe
Joe E. Milner
Earle R. Forrest
Carten Printers, Ltd
Caldwell
Idaho
Waw Department
Milner
California
Joe
Moses Embree Milner
May
Blandford
Embree Armstead Milner
Milners
America
Toro Brothers
Yorkshire
England
Virginian
Kentucky
Warren County
Missouri
Embree Milner
Bi Lcols
Independence
Platte River
Fort Laramie
American Fur Company
Jim Baker
Yellowstone Country
Tance
Fort Union
N. M
Kit Carson
Carson
Adobe Walls
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Fort Riley
Watts
East Tennessee
Nancy Emma Watts
Plains
Sacramento Valley
Sacramento
Oragon
Benton County
West
Fortinson
Nancy Emma Milner
Penelope
Ulysses
Oregon
Washington
Virginia City
Mont
Montana
Wyoming
Indiana
Nevada
Jenny
Phical
Black Hills
Red Cloud Agency
Pasappe
Rapid Creek
Rapid City
George Crook
Ronald G. Mackenzie
Red Cloud
Oglalas
Mackenzie
Dull Knife
Tom Ha
White River
V T. McGillyenddy
Crook
McGillycnddy
Berkeley
Calif
Buffalo Bill
Wild Bill Hickok
Hickok
Wiki Bil
Cody
Post Cemetery
Westen Raibee