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295:
294:
256:
196:Doc Holliday
117:Manslaughter
108:Manslaughter
1421:1914 deaths
1222:politicians
1175:Virgil Earp
1170:Morgan Earp
1165:Warren Earp
1107:Pete Spence
1092:Tom McLaury
1082:Johnny Lyle
1067:Luther King
1017:Ike Clanton
672:February 5,
481:Morgan Earp
438:Virgil Earp
331:Morgan Earp
311:Tom McLaury
296:Pete Spence
257:Pete Spence
227:Tom McLaury
217:Ike Clanton
201:Warren Earp
191:Morgan Earp
181:Virgil Earp
23:Pete Spence
1410:Categories
1370:Contention
1365:Charleston
1234:James Earp
1229:Fred Dodge
1205:Fred White
1160:Wyatt Earp
1134:Supporting
1057:Milt Hicks
1052:Bill Hicks
1042:Pony Diehl
936:Supporting
811:6 November
622:2011-02-21
579:References
572:Wyatt Earp
535:Later life
252:Pony Diehl
186:Wyatt Earp
91:Allegiance
1385:Tombstone
1343:Locations
1294:C. S. Fly
1239:Tom Fitch
1220:ranchers,
1214:Gamblers,
1195:Ben Sippy
1150:John Clum
1032:Jim Crane
777:2 October
485:billiards
423:strongbox
400:Tombstone
372:wild west
364:Tombstone
323:Tombstone
1375:Fairbank
1218:cowboys,
1185:Bob Paul
990:ranchers
986:Cowboys,
871:41830949
771:Archived
575:(1994).
567:Kirk Fox
463:gunfight
370:and the
126:10 years
1431:Cowboys
1077:Ed Lyle
804:(113).
500:hearsay
496:coroner
380:rustler
376:Cowboys
337:Origins
123:Penalty
48:c. 1852
1390:Tucson
1360:Bisbee
1355:Benson
1143:Lawmen
945:Lawmen
869:
840:
720:
695:
447:Cowboy
360:Bisbee
313:, and
298:(born
170:Lawmen
541:Globe
451:alibi
442:Wyatt
362:and
358:near
321:, of
307:Frank
51:Texas
867:OCLC
838:ISBN
813:2005
779:2014
753:2011
718:ISBN
693:ISBN
674:2011
652:2011
494:The
317:and
309:and
57:Died
41:Born
569:in
559:in
398:In
315:Ike
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832:.
800:.
796:.
732:^
631:^
325:,
914:e
907:t
900:v
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802:2
781:.
755:.
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277:t
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