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> <channel><title> &#187; Dose of History</title> <atom:link href="http://arizonaoddities.com/category/dose-of-history/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://arizonaoddities.com</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:02 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <item><title>Endicott Peabody: Religion Arrives in Helldorado</title><link>http://arizonaoddities.com/2012/04/endicott-peabody-religion-arrives-in-helldorado/</link> <comments>http://arizonaoddities.com/2012/04/endicott-peabody-religion-arrives-in-helldorado/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 03:36:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andrea Aker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Dose of History]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Southern Arizona]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[early arizona]]></category> <category><![CDATA[earp brothers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tombstone]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://arizonaoddities.com/?p=2503</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ominous clouds hovered over Tombstone that January morning in 1882, as the Sandy Bob Stage rambled into town in a cloud of dust. The grey sky gave forewarning of a fast-approaching snowstorm. The passengers arriving that morning were, with one exception, typical— a military officer on his way to Fort Huachuca, an elderly Jewish peddler who told funny stories, a self-styled "millionaire" out to make another fortune...
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