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Nicolas Lux and Marie Anne (Linck) in the commune of Hatten, in Alsace on the Rhine between Strasbourg and Karlsruhe. While yet a boy, he emigrated to New York City, where he found employment as a delivery boy for a retail butcher in Fulton Market. He eventually became a butchers'
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Sheldon) during his San Francisco residency. She was active in charities, including the establishment of the
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Cowboys: Miller & Lux and the Transformation of the Far West, 1850-1920. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press
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from the children of Jose Antonio Sanchez (a former
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