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Recent Deaths Revealed Wild West Echoes in Two Regions
Two prominent figures connected to the Wild West era died within a fortnight. Rev Endicott Peabody of Groton Massachusetts once labored in Tombstone Arizona and helped build a church and community. Albert Bacon Fall of El Paso Texas, embroiled in Teapot Dome scandal, had defended gunfighters including John Wesley Hardin.
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Union
Roaring Cow
Endicott Peabody
Groton
Mass
Groton School
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Tombstone
Arizona
Boston
William M. Breakenridge
Johnny Behan
Helldo
Breakenridge
Mr. Peabody
Charleston
Billy Claybourn
Frank Leslie
Claybourn
Peabody
Dr. Peabody
Albert Bacon Fall
el Paso
Texas
A. B. Fall
New Mexico
Harding
Teapot Dome
Southwest
Frontier
John Wesley Hardin
Pute
Young John
Old John
Hardin
Old John Selman
Acme
Selman
Fall
Eugene Cunningham
Albert B. Fall
Chicago Daily News
Pat Garrett
Billy the Kid
Garrett
Donna Ana
Theodore Roosevelt