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Vor einem Tag · His descent into a life of crime accelerated following his mother’s death in 1874, which left him orphaned at just 15. He soon became embroiled in the Lincoln County War in New Mexico in 1878, a brutal rivalry between competing commercial factions.
Vor 15 Stunden · 1878: Lincoln County, New Mexico: On July 15–19, during the Battle of Lincoln (part of the Lincoln County War) 150 cavalry-men arrived from Fort Stanton, under the command of Lieutenant George Smith (later Colonel Nathan Dudley) to assist the Murphy-Dolan Faction in attacking the Lincoln County Regulators vigilante group. 5 dead, 8–28 wounded.
Vor einem Tag · In the American Civil War, the state governments of eleven southern states, all of which permitted the practice of slavery, seceded from the United States following the election of President Abraham Lincoln and formed the Confederate States of America.
Vor 4 Tagen · The gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a gunfight that lasted less than a minute between lawmen led by Virgil Earp and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cowboys that occurred at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, United States.
Vor 2 Tagen · Clay Center was platted in 1878 and, after several abortive votes, won the county seat from Sutton in 1879. In 1894 M. M. Johnson arrived in a covered wagon with only 85 cents in his pocket and ...
Vor 5 Tagen · McKinley’s party had drafted a bluntly expansionist platform during the election of 1896, but President McKinley wavered at times from this position, offering to mediate between Spain and Cuba in a quest to achieve some measure of autonomy for the Cuban people and Spain’s commitment to treat them humanely.
Vor 4 Tagen · In 1878, however, war broke out again between Britain and Afghanistan, nurtured by the steady advance of Russian power in Central Asia. Fearing a growth of Russian political influence in Kabul, the new Viceroy of India, Lord Lytton, decided to compel Amir Sher Ali to accept a permanent diplomatic British mission at his court ...
