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  2. History of Detroit - Wikipedia

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    History of Michigan By year Pre-statehood U.S. Civil War Since 1900 Topics: Cities - Politics Michigan portal Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19th century with U.S. settlement around the Great ...

  3. List of Old West gunfighters - Wikipedia

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    Some were simply men who took advantage of the wildness and lawlessness of the frontier to enrich themselves at the expense of others. Some outlaws migrated to the frontier to escape prosecution for crimes elsewhere. Lawmen. Law was present, if spread thin, in the American Old West.

  4. List of Old West gangs - Wikipedia

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    The most notable shootouts took place on the American frontier in Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Some like the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral were the outcome of long-simmering feuds and rivalries, but most were the result of a confrontation between outlaws and law enforcement. Some of the more notable gangs:

  5. Pleasant Valley War - Wikipedia

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    Burnham and John Wells, Burnham's close friend and the son of Fred Wells, rushed back. Just when they arrived, one of the dogs bit a deputy. The deputy shot the dog, and Burnham, John Wells, and two of the girls drew their weapons. The deputy fell dead in front of them, shot from a long distance by Fred Wells, and the other deputy raised his hands.

  6. Colt Single Action Army - Wikipedia

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    The Colt Single Action Army (also known as the SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, or M1873) is a single-action revolver handgun.It was designed for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1872 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company (today known as Colt's Manufacturing Company) and was adopted as the standard-issued pistol of the U.S. Army from 1873 to 1892.

  7. List of games using procedural generation - Wikipedia

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    Maps (Worlds) can be generated, either randomly, using a seed, or via third party tools. The distribution of POIs and loot is also generative. Anarchy Online: 2001 Funcom Mission rewards, loot, dungeon layout, and location on the world map can be generated based on selections made at mission terminals. [unreliable source] Astroneer: 2019

  8. Researchers gain clearest picture yet of fault that threatens ...

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    The team completed a detailed map of more than 550 miles of the subduction zone, down to the Oregon-California border.

  9. List of video game franchises - Wikipedia

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    Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 3 February 2016. ^ "The 20 Highest-Grossing Video Game Franchises, From Microsoft to Sony". www.msn.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018. ^ "Get gaming with the Masters of Spin – LEGO NINJAGO". www.lego.com. Retrieved 2024-02-27. ^ Kalata, Kurt.