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May 30, 1977

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profiles

Cowboy~I

Bysam Eagan

PROFILE of Henry Blanton (pseud.), 40, foreman for the past 9 years of the Willow Ranch in the Texas Panhandle. He was in charge of 90,000 acres, & he ran …

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