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71The Legend of Southern Colorado's San Acacio Viejo
Helpless to protect themselves from the marauding band of Ute warriors, the citizens came together and prayed to St. Acacias, a well-known Roman Centurion who martyred himself for his faith.
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70The Struggle To Be Great - Part Two
Conservative editorialist David Brooks wrote in May 2011, that ‘Americans have always been known for their manic dynamism . . . energy has always been the country’s saving feature.’ He denounced the ‘One-fifth of all men in their prime...
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60Western Short Story : Tam the Tall Tale Teller #114
After many years of following strict security procedures on the trail, Bodeen and I decided to loosen up a bit. Jist a bit, mind you; we weren't going all tenderfoot or anything. But where in the past we'd always had our campfires out by the time it...
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63Western Short Story : Tam the Tall Tale Teller #100
It was more or less in the nature of an inspection tour, really. True, I hadn't been over the ridge behind the spring to visit the box canyon since...what, right after calving season? Early May, maybe. Somewhere around there. With an absence of that...
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60Western Short Story : Tam the Tall Tale Teller #82
The discovery of Geode Cave (What else were we going to call it?) jumped right up to top priority at Flywheel. Not that we ignored the buffalo held in the box canyon or the cattle in their winter pastures on the flats, but an emergency ownership...
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61Western Short Story : Tam the Tall Tale Teller #65
This time, we dearly hoped, our card game would not be interrupted by a screaming woman reporting a missing child. Or any other crisis, fer that matter. Four men gathered around a poker table could git a lot done. We did have an observer. Wolf...
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60Western Short Story : Tam the Tall Tale Teller #64
"Looks like you've had some powerful influence on them two boys," I told Marie, passing her the binoculars. She adjusted the focus, glassed the line cabin area fer a few seconds--and chuckled. "Looks like you're right, husband. I can't argue with...
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58Western Short Story : Tam the Tall Tale Teller #63
Our women were getting spoiled. After all, Tam and I didn't figure to be gone more'n a month at most, maybe only half that. Sure, it was deep enough into winter; we could run into a blizzard or three along the way or the Utes could decide Tam wasn't...
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60Western Short Story : Tam the Tall Tale Teller #44
It turned out Tam had been buying up land in Colorado Territory fer years, a solid start on a spread that had the Huerfano River running through it, plenty of springs, and--fer whatever reason--a distant view of the mountains where Chief Dangerous...
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72Western Short Story : Tam the Tall Tale Teller #11
It was the dangedest Injun raid I ever seen. There was thirty, maybe forty of 'em, came howling up out of that draw like our herd of tick-infested longhorns was the answer to their prayers to bring the buffalo back. Not Comanche. In fact, no tribe I...
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