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The Year Was 1876: The Mail, Mules, and Murder in the Cowpen

Posted on August 31, 2014 by hometown

The year was 1876. Texas A&M University opened; Anheuser-Busch began marketing Budweiser. The end of Reconstruction was still a year away. The gunfight at the O.K. Corral was five years away. In Fort Worth, City Marshal Jim Courtright was eleven … Continue reading →

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