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Welcome to The
Arizona Territorial Rangers
Reenactment Group
Page !
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This Group formed
up to help preserve the history of lawmen of the old west.
Any appearance
of "having fun" while attempting this is "Strictly coincidental".
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In the old west a comment was uttered after a particularly bloody gun battle,
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"I guess the difference between
Lawmen and outlaws is really which side of the badge you're standin' on".
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Our Historical
Data
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August
1995 - The idea of a "volunteer group" came to mind when, for what
seemed like the 100th time that day, someone asked how they
could get to "play cowboy" too.
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May 1996
- We started taking names of anyone who was serious about "playing
cowboy".
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December
1996 thru april 1997 - we looked for a name that was not in use
( we did not want a lawsuit).
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May 1997
- We had our name and 11 men - well kids really, just some were
older than others.
Our first mission was to re-arrange the marshall's office into more of
a jail
( thats when we found out that there were some old cells out back at WWC
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May 1998
- Membership beyond 26 men - word was getting around.
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May 1999
- Membership over 50 ! Work started on jail cells, turns
out they date back to 1890 !
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February
2000 - Registered the name Arizona Territorial Rangers a.k.a. AZTR
Historical Re-enactment /Living History Group
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May 2001
- Jail cells in place ! Membership at 80 +..............
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June 2003
- First Cowboy concert at Carnagie Hall !
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May 2004
- Membership at 97+....... Parades, events, campouts, etc, etc,
etc.........
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And so
it goes..............
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(Please check
out the other pages for more )
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