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The Civil War begins
The civil war began in 1861, leading this to be one of the biggest wars in American history. (https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/civil-war-facts) -
Kit Carson defeats the Navajos
Carson was perhaps the most famous trapper and guide in the West. He traveled with the expeditions of John C. Fremont in the 1840s
(https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kit-carsons-campaign-against-the-indians) -
John Tunstall is killed
By that time, Billy the Kid had already been dead for three years, gunned down by Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett.
(https://tomrizzo.com/killing-john-tunstall/) -
Sheriff Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid
This is the alleged final meeting of Billy the Kid with the man who shot him, detailed by that very man: Pat Garrett.
(https://allthatsinteresting.com/pat-garrett) -
Arizona voters reject a plan to enter the Union
The first time there ever was anything called the Arizona Territory, it wasn't even in the United States of America.
(http://archive.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/20120130arizona-centennial-state-fight.html)
