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    John Baker Omohundro (July 27, 1846 – June 28, 1880), also known as "Texas Jack", was an American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy. Born in rural Virginia...
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  • surname. The Omohundros are one of the First Families of Virginia. It may refer to: Texas Jack Omohundro (1846–1880), frontier scout Steve Omohundro (born 1959)...
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    Texas Jack Jr. (c. 1860 – 1905), who adopted the name of his rescuer and childhood protector, Texas Jack Omohundro, ran an international traveling Wild...
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    the Prairie debuted in Chicago. The show featured Buntline, Cody, Texas Jack Omohundro, and the Italian-born ballerina Giuseppina Morlacchi and toured the...
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    the overall failure of the show. In 1873, Buffalo Bill Cody and Texas Jack Omohundro invited Hickok to join their troupe after their earlier success.: 329 ...
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  • Texas Jack may refer to: Texas Jack Omohundro (1846–1880), scout, actor, cowboy Texas Jack Jr. (c. 1860–1905), sharpshooter, wild west show owner, made...
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    drama, Scouts of the Prairie, with Buffalo Bill Cody and Texas Jack Omohundro. She and Texas Jack fell in love, and were married on August 31, 1873, at St...
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    John Wilson Vermillion (c. 1842–1911), also known as "Texas Jack" or later as "Shoot-Your-Eye-Out Vermillion", was a gunfighter of the Old West known for...
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  • at age 17 in 1861 Henry Howe Cook promoted to Lt age 17 in 1861 Texas Jack Omohundro Born 1846 went to war age 17 Henry King Burgwyn was a Lt Col age...
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    hanging of Black Jack Ketchum in 1901. Morris Herzstein moved to Clayton shortly after the killing in Liberty, and finally into the Texas Panhandle area...
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    play, Scouts of the Prairie, which was performed by Cody himself, Texas Jack Omohundro, the Italian ballerina Giuseppina Morlacchi, and Buntline. For some...
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    William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and his friend and stage partner Texas Jack Omohundro, who said, "It shoots like a house on fire! I can clean out a whole...
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    for a moment they had shot him, but had hit his saddle horn instead. Texas Jack Vermillion, whose horse was killed, remained cool under fire and stuck...
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    Jackson, Jack; Wheat, John (2005). Almonte's Texas: Juan N. Almonte's 1834 Inspection, Secret Report & Role in the 1836 Campaign. Denton, TX: Texas State...
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    where it was described as a "full house consisting of three jacks and a pair of tens". Jacks and sevens are called the dead man's hand in the 1903 Encyclopaedia...
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    In this article he urged the U.S. to annex the Republic of Texas, not only because Texas desired this, but because it was "our manifest destiny to overspread...
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  • culture go back to the Spanish vaqueros who settled in New Mexico and later Texas bringing cattle. By the late 1800s, one in three cowboys were Mexican and...
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    Michigan Sidney, Nebraska Silver Reef, Utah Skagway, Alaska Tascosa, Texas Tilden, Texas Tincup, Colorado Tombstone, Arizona Valentine, Nebraska, also known...
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  • shootouts took place in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Some like the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral were the outcome of long-simmering...
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  • product, and the freedom of expression of the singers. In 1908, N. Howard "Jack" Thorp published the first book of western music, titled Songs of the Cowboys...
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    Cody traveled to Chicago to make his stage debut with his friend Texas Jack Omohundro in The Scouts of the Prairie, one of the original Wild West shows...
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    days after Bullock and Star's arrival, Wild Bill Hickok was murdered by Jack McCall. McCall shot Hickok in the back of the head while he sat playing poker...
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    "Doc" clung for life. At Fort McPherson he met Buffalo Bill Cody, Texas Jack Omohundro, and other well-known figures of the day. In November 1872 he moved...
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    Vertigo/DC comic book series Jack of Fables recently began a storyline called "Americana" which relates the efforts of Jack of the Tales in entering Cíbola...
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  • (1870?–1904) James C. Reed (1845–1874), husband of Belle Starr Nathanial "Texas Jack" Reed (1862–1950) Bass Reeves deputy U.S. Marshal (1832–1910) Frank H...
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    Mimbreño) division of the central Apaches in what is now the American states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua. In...
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    March 21, they returned briefly to Tombstone, where they were joined by Texas Jack Vermillion and possibly others. On the morning of March 22, a portion...
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  • Hickok (1837–1876) Raymond Knight (1872–1947) Texas Jack Omohundro (1846–1880) Texas Jack, Jr. (1860–1905) Jack Hoxie (1885–1965) Gordon William "Pawnee Bill"...
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    scouts Frederick Russell Burnham Kit Carson "Buffalo Bill" Cody Texas Jack Omohundro James C. Cooney George Crook George Armstrong Custer Alexis Godey...
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    inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2001, she was given the title of Honorary Sergeant, Regular Army, by...
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