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    Boring, Oregon, more interesting". The BBC. Retrieved January 27, 2017. McArthur 2003, p. 100. "William H Boring", United States census, 1910; Boring...
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  • William Boring may refer to: William A. Boring (1859–1937), American architect William H. Boring (1841–1932), American Union soldier and Oregon pioneer...
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    rail trail which begins in Boring and ends at the Eastbank Esplanade along the Willamette River in southeast Portland. The Boring Lava Field, an extinct volcanic...
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  • harbor William H. Boring (1841–1932), American soldier; settler and namesake of Boring, Oregon David Boring, a graphic novel Jeremy Davies (Jeremy Boring Davies...
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    Henry McCarty (September 17 or November 23, 1859 – July 14, 1881), alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter...
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    Buffalo Bill (redirect from William Cody)
    several of America's high ranking generals including William T. Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan and William H. Emory testifying to his service, bravery, and character...
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    Bass Reeves (category Articles with hCards)
    Arkansas. His family were slaves belonging to Arkansas state legislator William Steele Reeves. During the American Civil War, his owners fought for the...
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    (October Term, 1878), by William T. Otto, published 1879, from Harvard University A Builder of the West: The Life of General William Jackson Palmer Archived...
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    William Brocius (c. 1845 – March 24, 1882), better known as Curly Bill Brocius, was an American gunman, rustler and an outlaw Cowboy in the Cochise County...
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    Bright, William (2004). Native American Place Names in the United States. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 413. Hartley, Alan H. (2002)....
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    between Russia and the United Kingdom. In 1865, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward entered into negotiations with Russian minister Eduard de Stoeckl...
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    Jersey County, Illinois, is held on Labor Day weekend at the 1866 Col. William H. Fulkerson estate Hazel Dell. Festivities include telling Jesse James's...
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    authorities in Miles City, Montana, and sentenced to 18 months in jail by Judge William L. Maginnis. He adopted the nickname Sundance Kid during this time in jail...
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    The Land of Gold: Reality Versus Fiction. Baltimore: H. Taylor. Holliday, J. S.; Swain, William (2002) [1981]. The World Rushed in: The California Gold...
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    two-year sentence; he was released and pardoned in January 1896 by Governor William Alford Richards. He became involved briefly with Bassett's older sister...
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    father's name, William Hickok, from 1858, and the name William Haycock during the American Civil War. Most newspapers referred to him as William Haycock until...
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    Sarah emigrated to New York, where their son William David was born in 1709. He married Elizabeth Boulay. William and Elizabeth's son David was born in Pennsylvania...
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    operations for the United States armed forces. She wrote a letter to President William McKinley on April 5, 1898, "offering the government the services of a company...
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    1837, however, Seattle murdered a Skykomish shaman. The new Chief Trader, William Kittson, hoped that he would be killed by the Suquamish, however they continued...
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    and after his request for leave was opposed by U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward, who was against having an American officer commanding foreign...
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    that Young helped paint in Auburn belonged to Elijah Miller and later to William Seward, and is now a local museum. With the onset of the Panic of 1819...
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  • John Billee (1873–1890) William "Tulsa Jack" Blake (c.1859–1895) Thomas Hamilton Blanek (1861–1895) Dan Bogan (1860–??) William H. "Billy the Kid" Bonney...
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  • On the evening of his son's death, the elder Crazy Horse told Lieutenant H.R. Lemly that the year of birth was 1840. Crazy Horse was born to parents...
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    George Yates (killed), 2nd Lt. William Reily (killed) G Company: 1st Lt. Donald McIntosh (killed), 2nd Lt. George D. Wallace H Company: Capt. Frederick Benteen...
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    2019. Buckley, Jay H. William Clark: Indian Diplomat. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8061-3911-1. Foley, William E. Wilderness Journey:...
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    in 1905 by President Theodore Roosevelt and again in 1909 by President William Howard Taft. When appointed sheriff, one of Bullock's first duties was...
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    communication across this continent, for commerce." Although Lewis and William Clark found a path to the Pacific Ocean, it was not until 1859 that a direct...
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    Bartholemew William Barclay "Bat" Masterson (November 26, 1853 – October 25, 1921) was a U.S. Army scout, lawman, professional gambler, and journalist...
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    hauled before a judge for carrying weapons in town. Both were fined. Judge William H. Stilwell followed up on charges outstanding against Ringo for a robbery...
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    1887 to 1890, Boring studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris along with his friend Edward Lippincott Tilton. Boring and Tilton returned...
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