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boot hill

noun

, Western U.S.

a cemetery of a frontier settlement, especially one in which gunfighters were buried.

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

However, researchers believe there are actually around 50 bodies buried in and around Boot Hill.

Last weekend, excavators from USF began scouring a section near Boot Hill, an area near where the “colored” inmates were housed.

They buried them on the little boot-hill overlooking the ranch buildings.

More than forty years have passed since they 297 buried him in the little boot-hill at Florence, Arizona.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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