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Dime novels published after the Civil War gave fictional accounts of the lives of real people. Readers “knew” exactly what outlaws were like and the exciting lives they led. However,
On April 22, 1889, more than 50,000 people were ready for one of the nation’s largest land-grabs: the Run of 89.
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Armed and Dangerous on the American Frontier
True West Magazine A gunfight at the OK Hotel spurs a controversy. Rose of Cimarron was first introduced to readers in 1915 in a little red paper-covered book titled Oklahoma Outlaws. The book was prepared by a newspaperman using information supplied by Bill Tilghman, a respected lawman in Oklahoma Territory in the 1890s. It was sold at showings of the photodrama, Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws, which was scripted primarily by Tilghman. In the book and movie portrayal of the Ingalls battle between 13 lawmen and six members of Bill Doolin’s gang, Rose of Cimarron makes a dramatic ex...