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In Abilene, she hooked up with a gambler and part-time cowboy named William "Texas Billy” Thompson, brother of the notorious Ben Thompson. [2] In 1870, the couple left Kansas for Texas and for the next couple of years Billy punched cows along the Chisholm Trail while Haley continued working as a dance hall girl in various towns across the ...
James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gunslinger, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous gunfights.
Ben Thompson (November 2, 1843 – March 11, 1884) was a gunman, gambler, and sometimes lawman of the Old West.He was a contemporary of "Buffalo" Bill Cody, Bat Masterson, John Wesley Hardin, and "Wild Bill" Hickok, some of whom considered him a friend, others an enemy.
Image credits: BeardedAxiom People's fascination with true crime isn't something new. Ever since the moveable type was invented in the 1400s, stories of crime and unsolved cases fascinated people ...
Rawhide is an American Western television series which ran from January 9, 1959 until December 7, 1965, with a total of 217 episodes across eight seasons. It aired on CBS in black-and-white and starred Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood. Series overview Season Episodes Originally released First released Last released 1 23 January 9, 1959 (1959-01-09) July 10, 1959 (1959-07-10) 2 31 September 18 ...
Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets is an American true crime television series on the Investigation Discovery Network. The program is different from other true-crime series because the murders are portrayed from the omniscient point-of-view of the victim using "fictionalized dialogue".
The game begins in Abilene, Kansas in 1910, as legendary bounty hunter Silas Greaves enters a saloon and begins regaling those present (a sarcastic man named Jack, an old-timer called Steve, bartender Molly, a teenager named Dwight, and the barman, Ben) with tales of his adventures. Johnny Ringo; one of the men Silas is hunting.
The Taylor County Expo Center, formerly Taylor County Coliseum, is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Abilene, Texas. [1] It was built in 1973. [2]The Expo Center is the former home of the Abilene Aviators, of the Western Professional Hockey League.