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The Rodman gun, developed in the mid-19th century, was the technological apex of smoothbore, muzzle-loading artillery. Cannons using chemical explosives to propel a projectile had made their first appearance on the battlefield in the 14th century, and for the next 500 years the technology changed very little. Almost all artillery pieces, cast of either iron …
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The Long Arms of the LawThe West was wild, but plenty of public and private law agencies tried to tame it. Federal Marshals Town marshals and deputies are not to be confused with their federal namesakes. … Read MoreA Tale of Three Western CitiesWichita, Dodge City and Leadville employed a variety of novel tactics to keep gun-toting riffraff from disturbing the peace…sometimes the tactics actually worked. When Sam Botts, a… Read MoreThe Forced Expulsion of the Texas CherokeesHouston supported them but not Lamar. In 1838 Texas President Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar wanted nothing less than to make Texans masters of their own house by clearing the republic … Read MoreLaw and DisorderSettlers in places where lawmen were few and far between often enforced their own rules of justice. Justice was often a matter of self-help for settlers in the Old West. Take this … Read MoreFaro: One Business That Was Mainly Monkey BusinessAlthough games could be lucrative, they were rarely honest. In the 1993 film Tombstone, Doc Holliday asks his pal Wyatt Earp, “Since when is faro a business?” Holliday follows up w… Read More
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