Display of Colt Peacemaker Linked to Texas Ranger Lee Hall
A 1% Colt Peacemaker once carried by Lee Hall, famed Texas Ranger and Indian agent, is shown in Hamilton Hall at the Post Museum. The ivory grip pistol, with a 72 inch barrel and engraved butt, sits with Hall's biography and a Comanche-made holster. Hall served as Sherman city marshal, Denison deputy sheriff, Texas Ranger, Indian agent, and Army lieutenant, dying in 1911 after a notable lawman career.
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Usaamc
Lee Hall
Sfc
Robert Carson
Hall
Anadarko
Texas
Hamilton Hall
Post Museum
I.T
Sherman
Tex
Denison
Comanche Indian Agency
Fort Sill
Army
Dora Neill Raymond
San Antonio
San Antonio Express
Shadow Over Rayburn Building Looms As Budget Fight Heats Up
Washington AP reports the Rayburn Building project, costing about 83 million for 169 three room suites, looms over budget-cut discussions. The article notes renovation costs, added offices for 435 members, and broad staff growth driving space needs and spending scrutiny.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Kennedy
Russell Mack
R-Wash
Mack
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Edward P. Boland
Dmass
Tle
Capitol
Senate
Congress
House
Kentucky Land Descriptions Baffle Descriptions in Court Sale
A Clay County clipping details a Kentucky land description using trees, ravines, and stakes to mark boundaries for a Henry Circuit Court commissioners sale. The description mixes chains of different lengths and lacks whether they refer to engineer or surveyor chains, creating confusion about the tract’s exact limits.
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Kentucky
Clay County
W. B. Easton
Monroe
Henry Circuit Court
Oklahoma
White Oaks
Eisenhower Heads to Mexican Resort for Hunt and Fish Trip
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower left Palm Desert with Freeman Gosden and Charles Jones for several days of hunting and fishing at Las Cruces near Baja California. He took his black retriever Ike-Ike aboard the twin-engine plane for the 900 mile flight.
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Palm Desert
Calif
Horse Association President Is Dead
Emil W. Muller, 70, honorary vice president of the National Quarter Horse Association, died of a heart attack in Tulsa on Sunday. Muller, of Pendleton, Oregon, was in Tulsa for the association's national convention.
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Tulsa
Emil W. Muller
National Quarter Horse Association
Muller
Pendleton
Ore
Widow Nominated For Election Board Post
Sen Cleeta John Rogers of Oklahoma City recommended Mrs John Lee Smith for appointment to the Oklahoma County Election Board to succeed the late official Rogers praised her as capable and energetic The appointment awaits Gov Bellmons two confirmations by the Senate with action expected early in the week on Bellmons pick of Haskell Pugh and Mather Eakes for the state board
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Oklahoma City
Cleeta John Rogers
John Lee Smith
Oklahoma County Election Board Eee
Smith
Rogers
State Election Board
Henry Bellmon
Senate
Bellmon
Haskell Pugh
Anadarko
Mather Eakes
State Board
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Sill
Raymond
Mexico
Texas Rangers
Rio Grande
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New House
EMTOR
John Beckler
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Ike
Horse Association
PU Masag Sy Erateks
F Ave
Home Equity
Gore Boulevard
Lawton
Ada
Ardmore, Duncan
VICE
Jimmie James Service
Mgr
Sprague Rihean Cannon
Johnny Long
Serviceman
Lorance M. White, MD
Lawton Clinic
Gore
Oan
Discount Department Store
Cache Road
Lawton, Okla
Associates
Investment & Loan Corp
Cc” Ave
S&h
America
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