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Famous Panhandle Indian scare origin recalled in 1891
In a detailed interview Harley Burton recounts the J. A. Ranch panic near Claude Texas as Texas cowboys and towns faced a phony Indian scare. Witnesses describe armed volunteers, confiscated guns, and frantic evacuations from Clarendon to Salisbury and Amarillo amid rumors of an imminent attack.
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