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Remembering an Oklahoma legend: Billy McGinty's family shares memories of their storied ancestor | Community | stwnewspress.com The Horse Whisperer, Oklahoma History, Buffalo Bill, Rough Riders, Heritage Museum, Heritage Center, World Championship, Oklahoma, Family Photos

In spite of his small stature, Billy McGinty is the stuff of legends in Payne County, Oklahoma and beyond. During his life he was many things: A cowboy, a bronc buster and a war hero who charged up San Juan Hill with Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish-American war.

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***Pick up your FREE Activity Pack*** In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, allowing settlers to claim land, providing they lived on the land and improved it. In 1889, the Indian Appropriations Act was signed by Benjamin Harrison, opening up two million acres of land for settlement. The land opened was in Oklahoma, where Native American tribes were just resettling about being removed from their lands through relocations such as the Trail of Tears. In only a few years, seven land…

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