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Two Desperadoes Halt in Bannack as Rivalry Turns Fatal
In Bannack in 1862 Henry Plummer and Jack Cleveland clash over Miss O'Brien and past deeds. Plummer, now sheriff and band leader, fatally shoots Cleveland after a drunken insult in Goodrich's Bannack saloon, ending their deadly feud and shaping local lawlessness.
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Sunriver
Fort Shaw
J. A. Vail
Miss O'Brien
Fort Benton
Missouri
Henry Plummer
Jack Cleveland
Plummer
California
Salmon River
Bannack
Cleveland
Joseph Swift
Miss O’brien
Grasshopper
Goodrich
Henry
Crawford
Snake River
Ohio
Idaho
Lewiston
Salt Lake