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Charles Francis Colcord, the Glossary

Charles Francis Colcord (August 18, 1859 – December 10, 1934) was a cattle rancher, U.S. Marshal, chief of police, businessman, and pioneer of the Old West.^[1]

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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American frontier

The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few contiguous western territories as states in 1912.

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Banquete, Texas

Banquete is a census-designated place (CDP) in Nueces County, Texas, United States.

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Baxter Springs, Kansas

Baxter Springs is a city in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States, and located along Spring River.

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Bill Doolin

William Doolin (1858–August 24, 1896) was an American bandit outlaw and founder of the Wild Bunch, sometimes known as the Doolin-Dalton Gang. Charles Francis Colcord and Bill Doolin are Cowboys.

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Bill Tilghman

William Matthew Tilghman Jr. (July 4, 1854 – November 1, 1924) was a career lawman, gunfighter, and politician in Kansas and Oklahoma during the late 19th century. Charles Francis Colcord and Bill Tilghman are United States Marshals.

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Billy the Kid

Henry McCarty (September 17 or November 23, 1859July 14, 1881), alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who is alleged to have killed 21 men before he was shot and killed at the age of 21. Charles Francis Colcord and Billy the Kid are Cowboys.

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Bourbon County, Kentucky

Bourbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

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Boutique hotel

Boutique hotels are small-capacity hotels that provide more personalized service than typical hotels.

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Cane Ridge, Kentucky

Cane Ridge was the site of a huge camp meeting in 1801, the Cane Ridge Revival, that drew thousands of people and had a lasting influence as one of the landmark events of the Second Great Awakening, which took place largely in frontier areas of the United States.

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Cassius Marcellus Clay (politician)

Major General Cassius Marcellus Clay (October 19, 1810 – July 22, 1903) was an American planter, politician, military officer and abolitionist who served as the United States ambassador to Russia from 1863 to 1869.

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Chamber of commerce

A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a form of business network.

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Charles Lindbergh

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator and military officer.

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Cherokee Outlet

The Cherokee Outlet, or Cherokee Strip, was located in what is now the state of Oklahoma in the United States.

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Chief of police

A chief of police (COP) is the title given to an appointed official or an elected one in the chain of command of a police department, particularly in North America.

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Civic center

A civic center or civic centre is a prominent land area within a community that is constructed to be its focal point or center.

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Colcord Hotel

Colcord Hotel is a luxury boutique hotel located in downtown Oklahoma City, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Colcord, Oklahoma

Colcord is a town in southern Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Coldwater, Kansas

Coldwater is a city and county seat of Comanche County, Kansas, United States.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.

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Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi (Body of Christ) is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County with portions extending into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties.

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Dalton Gang

The Dalton Gang was a group of outlaws in the American Old West during 1890–1892.

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Delaware County, Oklahoma

Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Delmar Gardens

Delmar Garden of Oklahoma City was an amusement park in Oklahoma City that operated from 1902 to 1910.

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Devon Energy

Devon Energy Corporation is a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration in the United States.

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Devon Energy Center

The Devon Energy Center (also known as the Devon Tower) is a 50-story corporate skyscraper in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Glenn Pool Oil Reserve

The discovery of the Glenn Pool Oil Reserve in 1905 brought the first major oil pipelines into Oklahoma, and instigated the first large scale oil boom in the state.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Green Clay

Green Clay (August 14, 1757 – October 31, 1828) was an American businessman, planter, military officer and politician in Virginia and Kentucky.

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Hall of Great Westerners

The Hall of Great Westerners was established by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 1958.

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Hanging

Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature.

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Henry Clay

Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777June 29, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

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John Middleton (cowboy)

John Middleton (1854–1885) was a friend of Billy the Kid and a key member of the Lincoln County Regulators, who fought on behalf of John Tunstall during the Lincoln County War. Charles Francis Colcord and John Middleton (cowboy) are Cowboys.

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John O. Mitchell

John O. Mitchell (1858–1921) was an American politician who served as the 8th and 10th Mayor of Tulsa.

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Kansas

Kansas is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Land run

A land run or land rush was an event in which previously restricted land of the United States was opened to homestead on a first-arrival basis.

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Lincoln County, Oklahoma

Lincoln County is a county in eastern Central Oklahoma.

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Livestock branding

Livestock branding is a technique for marking livestock so as to identify the owner.

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Machine Gun Kelly (gangster)

George Kelly Barnes (July 18, 1900 – July 17, 1954), better known by his nickname "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, active during the Prohibition era.

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Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.

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Medicine Lodge Treaty

The Medicine Lodge Treaty is the overall name for three treaties signed near Medicine Lodge, Kansas, between the Federal government of the United States and southern Plains Indian tribes in October 1867, intended to bring peace to the area by relocating the Native Americans to reservations in Indian Territory and away from European-American settlement.

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Medicine Lodge, Kansas

Medicine Lodge is a city in and the county seat of Barber County, Kansas, United States.

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Middletown, Kentucky

Middletown is an independent, home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, and a suburb of Louisville.

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National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, with more than 28,000 Western and Native American art works and artifacts.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Oklahoma

This is a list of properties and historic districts in Oklahoma that are designated on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Perry, Oklahoma

Perry is a city in, and county seat of, Noble County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Petroleum reservoir

A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations.

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Prairie

Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type.

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Prairie dog

Prairie dogs (genus Cynomys) are herbivorous burrowing ground squirrels native to the grasslands of North America.

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Ranch

A ranch (from rancho/Mexican Spanish) is an area of land, including various structures, given primarily to ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle and sheep.

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Red Fork, Oklahoma

Red Fork is a community in Southwest Tulsa.

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Reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength or ductility.

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Richard West (outlaw)

Richard "Little Dick" West (December 31, 1860 – April 13, 1898) was an American outlaw of the Old West, and a member of Bill Doolin's gang. Charles Francis Colcord and Richard West (outlaw) are Cowboys.

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Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties, sometimes stylized as Roaring '20s, refers to the 1920s decade in music and fashion, as it happened in Western society and Western culture.

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Sheriff

A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated.

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A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors.

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Also known as Charles Colcord, Charles F Colcord, Charles F. Colcord, Colcord, Charles.

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