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Get off the page with Bob and Alexis: A deeper - but less formal - look at the issues that matter to the people of Newcastle and Weston County. Join the reigning Wyoming Journalist of the Year and a former president of the Wyoming Press Association as they dive deeper into the topics that deserve a little different look.
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Episode 41 — Wild, Wild Weston
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Bob Bonnar, Alexis Barker/Lucas Keeler
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Season 3
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Episode 5
Bob and Alexis are joined by local historian Lucas Keeler, who takes us off the page to explore some of the more exciting moments in the early history of Weston County. From gunfights and hangings to bear attacks and Indian battles, the published author tells us why Newcastle was one of the wildest of wild west towns. Go back in time to the Custer Expedition, the birthplace of the community, the role of Weston County in the famed Johnson County War, and the heady heydays of 1903 when the last long shadows were cast as the sun set on the Old West Era right here in the Wyoming Black Hills.
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