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Outlaws of the Wild West

May 21, 2012 10:51PM
By Leila Taha
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The Wild West is a part of history that never stops fascinating us. A vast expanse of land free from the law and order of the rest of the country, the Old West was truly wild. The larger-than-life characters who ruled the West took full advantage of its lawlessness. Gambling, shootouts, highway robbery and heavy drinking were a way of life for the most famous of the outlaws. Can you guess which of these statements about outlaws of the Wild West are fact and which are fiction?

 

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Photo: Wyatt Earp, seated second from left, with the Dodge City Peace Commission, June 1883.

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