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Clay Allison The Original Shootist Of The West
The column weighs conflicting lore about Clay Allison of New Mexico. It contrasts Time-Life evidence with other Gunfighters volumes on his Tennessee birth, Civil War service, Colfax County ranching, and a string of killings. He survives by notoriety, dies when struck by a freight wagon, with details varying by source.
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Clay Allison
New Mexico
Allison
Time-Life
Mart
Wyatt Earp
Tennessee
Waynesboro
McCarty
Alliany of
McCany
Tennessee Light Artillery
Tris
Texas
Colfax County
N.M
Missouri
Kennedy
Elizabethtown
Cimarron
West
Old West
William Chunk
Chunk
Cheyenne
Wyo
Otter
Alee
Westernmore
Fiim