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The 20-mule teams are still remembered today. In 1881 hardscrabble prospector Aaron Winters, after making camp at Furnace Creek in California’s Death Valley, gathered up some white crystals from the bed of a dried-up lake, placed them in a saucer, added sulfuric acid and alcohol as he had been taught, and touched the mix with …
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‘Rocky Mountain Dick’ Kept Big-Game Animals on His Idaho Territory RanchHe stocked zoos and resorts but had one bison as a pet. On this particular day in his danger-filled career, wild animal trapper “Rocky Mountain Dick” almost met his match in a part… Read MoreCoyote: An American OriginalThis ‘Western’ animal confused Lewis and Clark when they ‘discovered’ it in 1804 and called it the prairie wolf—but the coyote has been around for ages and roams nationwide. Autumn… Read MoreWild West GeorgiansThese trick riders performed with Buffalo Bill under the misnomer Cossacks—but by any name they were worth watching. Alongside the North American cowboys and Indians, exotic riders… Read MoreWar Drums in the Owens ValleyPaiutes had hunted and farmed in the mostly peaceful California valley for centuries before white settlers crowded in with their voracious cattle. Conflict was inevitable. In late … Read MoreThe Long Trail: Life on the Cattle DriveOld-time drovers sought adventure but often suffered long stretches of boredom, not to mention deadly lightning, accidents, sickness and choking trail dust. ‘Head ’em up! Move ’em … Read More
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