End of Trail 2016/2018

Mexican Hat, Utah

Mexican Hat is one of Utah’s strangest rock formations on Hwy 163, 20 miles southwest of Bluff where a bridge passes over the San Juan River.

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5 Legendary US Military Fi****ms Were Designed by the Same Person A new book about the life and work of John Moses Browning recalls some of his tried-and-true U.S. military fi****ms.

A Guide to Rodeo Events in the Cowboy State Attending a rodeo in Wyoming is a must. Learn how rodeo events are scored before entering the grandstands for a more enjoyable experience.

On the night of April 28, 1881, just two weeks before he was set to be hanged, the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid was sitting in a jail cell on the top floor of the Lincoln, New Mexico courthouse, awaiting his fate. Then he asked the deputy who was watching over him to let him use the outhouse around the back of the building. On the way back to his cell, Billy slipped out of his handcuffs, beat the deputy, grabbed his gun, and shot him in the back.

His legs still shackled, Billy then snatched the shotgun belonging to the other deputy who'd gone to the restaurant across the street earlier in the evening. Billy ran to the window, saw the other deputy coming back to the courthouse in response to the gunshot and yelled to him, "Look up, old boy, and see what you get." When he looked up, Billy shot him dead. Then, he used an axe to break his shackles, stole a horse, and fled. Legend has it he was singing as he rode out of town.

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St. James Hotel in Cimarron, New Mexico is an enigma. Cimarron is a sleepy little town an hour east of Taos, but the hotel’s frontier history is replete with tales of outlaws, gunplay and bloodshed.

More: https://truewestmagazine.com/article/historic-hotels-saloons-and-ranches/

If we ever get back!!!

WW2 Ball Turret with Twin .50 Cals (VIDEO) It could rotate 360 degrees and tilt up up and down. Atop two control handles were fire buttons that engaged two .50 caliber light-barrel Browning AN/M2 machine guns. The guns fired 850 rounds per minute, and each gun was fed by a 500 round box of ammunition. The guns could not be reloaded in flight...