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  • WHO is a Senator from that Shithole of a state that forces me to go through cowtowns Waterbury and Danbury to get to Boston?

    Matthew Yglesias » Endgame 2010

  • WHO is a Senator from that Shithole of a state that forces me to go through cowtowns Waterbury and Danbury to get to Boston?

    Matthew Yglesias » Endgame 2010

  • During its five-year reign as king of the cowtowns, small farmers—or nesters as the cowmen called them—had been pushing steadily westward along the Kansas Pacific until most of the free range was gone.

    THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

  • Because Dodge City was the “queen of the cowtowns” we gave it full treatment, with stories of how outlaws and lawmen made their reputations there.

    THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

  • Most cowboys trailing to Kansas cowtowns were from Texas, but even those from other sections were called “Texans.”

    THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

  • McCoy knew from experience that booming cowtowns developed rapidly, and he built his Newton yards a mile and a half from the original business section.

    THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

  • This would also explain why port-of-entry locales like San Francisco and LA show less sense of community, and rural South Dakota cowtowns show more.

    2007 June 27 « Lean Left 2007

  • Through the words of participants we followed typical drives over the trails to the early Kansas cowtowns.

    THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

  • This would also explain why port-of-entry locales like San Francisco and LA show less sense of community, and rural South Dakota cowtowns show more.

    "Diversity" or "Difference"? « Lean Left 2007

  • The Civil War was ended, but for many a year Texans would carry on the feud in Kansas cowtowns, baiting the Yankee peace marshals, releasing lusty energies in violent barroom brawls or in sudden explosive gun battles on the streets.

    THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

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