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Posted on October 11, 2012 by Chris Enss

1892-A posse of federal marshals assualted Ned Christie’s fort and two of them were wounded, the posse then tried to set Ned’s fort on fire but they just burned down an outhouse. Then they tried to dynamite him out but that failed too. Finally they gave up.

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