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“In the mid-19th century, bringing the continent together by stageline from St. Louis to San Francisco with such unheard of speed elicited wonder and excitement and tremendous pride,” said Mary A. Helmich of California State Parks.

In 1863 a prospector named Henry Wickenburg discovered a vein of gold glittering on the surface of the Arizona desert about fifteen miles south of the Hassayampa River.

New evidence of the real story of the revenge killing of notorious gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok and how an innocent man was hanged for it.