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    William "Jack" Swilling was born on April 1, 1830, at Red House Plantation, Anderson, South Carolina, to George Swilling and Margaret Farrar Swilling, the...
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    (Phoenix, Arizona) was a pioneer and the wife of Jack Swilling, the founder of Phoenix. Mrs. Swilling was involved in local civic activities and promoted...
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    saloons/gambling houses. Jack Swilling, the founder of Phoenix, and his wife Trinidad had various business interests in Gillett. The Swillings owned "Gillett Real...
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    Thomas Edward Ketchum (known as Black Jack; October 31, 1863 – April 26, 1901) was an American cowboy who later became an outlaw. He was executed in 1901...
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  • John Oberland Vermillion (c. 1845–1921), also known as "Texas Jack" or later as "Shoot-Your-Eye-Out Vermillion", was a gunfighter of the Old West known...
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    farmhouse Swilling constructed became a frequently-visited location in the valley. Lord Darrell Duppa was one of the original settlers in Swilling's party...
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    John Wesley Powell Juan Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill"...
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    in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory (present-day South Dakota) by Jack McCall, an unsuccessful gambler. The hand of cards that he supposedly held...
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    John Wesley Powell Juan Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill"...
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    An early settler was Jack Swilling and his wife Trinidad Swilling, who moved there in 1871. The walls of his ranch house, Swillings Cabin – the community's...
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    to being the lookout at Morgan's murder and identified Ringo, Stilwell, Swilling, and Brocius as Morgan's killers, The local posse pursued and came close...
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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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    John Wesley Powell Juan Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill"...
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    He deputized Holliday, Warren Earp, Sherman McMaster, and "Turkey Creek" Jack Johnson. After Morgan's murder, Wyatt Earp and his deputies guarded Virgil...
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    John Wesley Powell Juan Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill"...
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    than a year after his wife's death. By 1896 he was riding with the "Black Jack" Ketchum gang, taking part in numerous robberies in New Mexico, and becoming...
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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...
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  • (1856–1878) Jack McCall (c. 1852/1853–1877) Frank Jackson (1856–1930?) Frank James (1843–1915) Jesse James (1847–1882) Henry Jerrell (1845–1868) Jack "Turkey...
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    with Jack Swilling and realizing the value of land, drilling, and canal building, he moved to the future site of Phoenix, Arizona, with Swilling in 1867...
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    (Frederick Bode) and a fifth unidentified man (later identified as Hank Swilling), all carrying rifles. They talked in low and excited tones. The next morning...
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    post office was established on June 15, 1868, located in Swilling's homestead, with Swilling serving as the postmaster. With the number of residents growing...
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    John Wesley Powell Juan Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill"...
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    John Wesley Powell Juan Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill"...
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    John Wesley Powell Juan Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill"...
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    John Wesley Powell Juan Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill"...
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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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    John Wesley Powell Juan Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill"...
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    John Wesley Powell Juan Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill"...
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    John Wesley Powell Juan Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill"...
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    the Bible and then proceeded to perjure himself, accusing "Three-Fingered" Jack Gallagher, Helm's close friend and fellow gang member, of crimes Helm himself...
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