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Clay Allison The Gentlemen Killer of the Washita
The piece portrays Clay Allison of the Washita as a "gentleman killer" a range man who killed many foes yet was never seen as a true cowboy. It recounts his upbringing post Civil War years in Colorado New Mexico and Texas and his famed duels and mishaps including a Pecos Church sermon and his death when a wagon wheel crushed his skull near Toyah Texas.
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Vetill
Billy the Kid
John Chisum
Sam Bass
Denton
Clay Allison
Washita
Wild Bill Hickok
John Wesley Hardin
Charlie Siringo
Tennessee
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Washita River
Texas Panhandle
Indian Territory
Dodge City
Wyatt Earp
Chuck Colbert
Clifton House
Chuck
Clay
Clay Alison
Allison
Allson
Fimay Fie
Bill Robinson
Edgar Beecher Bronson
Bronson
Lone Wolf
Pecos City
Red Dick
Heavenly Ranch
Jonah
Jan
Pecos
Cay Allison
Cimarron
Pancho Griego
Mace Bowman
Lambert’s
Alison
Mace
Toyah
Joe Nash
Jake Owens
Nash
Owens
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