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TOMBSTONE
The famous gunfight near the O.K. Corral happened in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, on October 26, 1881, and lasted about thirty seconds.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CODY
William F. Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, launched his Wild West show in 1883 and toured it for decades, even playing for Queen Victoria.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
HICKOK
Wild Bill Hickok was shot in the back while playing poker in Deadwood in 1876, holding aces and eights, now called the dead man's hand.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
OAKLEY
Annie Oakley was born Phoebe Ann Mosey in Ohio and joined Buffalo Bill's show in 1885.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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About Legends of the Wild West

The frontier West was real, but the version most of us grew up on was built in print. Dime novels, and later Buffalo Bill's traveling show, took a handful of lawmen, gamblers and train robbers and gave them legends bigger than the men themselves. Dodge City had its cattle drives and Tombstone had its thirty-second gunfight, while Annie Oakley, who was born in Ohio, shot her way onto the stage.

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