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Headlines of 2009

Dakota Livesay Given the 2009 Cowboy Keeper Award by the National Day of the Cowboy 12/16/2009

On December 5, 2009, Dakota Livesay was presented with the National Day of the Cowboy's 2009 Cowboy Keeper Award at the Single Action Shooters Society's National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Mark Burnett Productions Seeks Gifted Students of the Old West 11/19/2009

Do you know of a gifted student excelling well beyond their age or grade level in their knowledge of Old West History?
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WWHA Research/Writing Grants for 2010 11/14/2009

PURPOSE: To provide financial assistance to western history enthusiasts toward pursuing new research and subsequent writings concerning characters and events in keeping with the WWHA statement of focus and goals.
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WWHA and the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame & Museum Affiliate 9/5/2009

On March 19, 2009, at a meeting in Waco, Texas of members of the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame & Museum and the Wild West History Association, a joint collaboration was formalized between the two organizations.
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WWHA Research/Writing Grant Committee Announces Phillip W. Steele Scholarship for 2009 5/7/2009

The WWHA Research / Writing Grant Committee has announced a scholarship to be awarded at the annual WWHA Roundup in San Antonio, Texas in July. WWHA scholarships are designed to provide financial assistance to western history enthusiasts toward pursuing new research and subsequent writings concerning characters and incidents in keeping with the WWHA Focus & Goals.
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Interview with Corey Recko 1/11/2009

I had read about the Fountain case in Leon Metz's biography of Pat Garrett. I wanted to read a book about the Fountain case, but what I found was, that although there had been some good coverage of the case in other books, those books were all about something else and, as a result, could only devoted a limited amount of space to the Fountain case. What I wrote was the book I had wanted to read.
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