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February 8
1864- Aurora, Nevada Territory- Jim Daly and three members of his gang we hanged for the murder of William Johnson. On the 1st of February Daly and his gang killed Johnson for killing gang member Jim Sears.

1876- General Crook receives orders from general Sheridan to begin a military operation against the hostile plains Indians.

1886- Topeka, Kansas- William F. Cody and Buck Taylor appear in the Prairie Wolf at the Grand Opera Hotel.

1887- Congress passes the Dawes Act, which gives citizenship to Indians living apart from their tribe.

1887- Fort Worth, Texas- Luke Short, accompanied by Bat Masterson, confronts gunfighter Longhaired Jim Courtwright who had made threats against Short. Courtright went for his gun when he thought Short was reaching for his and the hammer on Courtright's gun caught on Luke Short's watch chain giving Short an edge. Short shoots Courtright five times and is later exonerated for having acted in self -defense. According to Bat Masterson Jim was a bully of a man.

2001- California- the Queen of the Cowgirls, Dale Evans, wife of Roy Rogers died.

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