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Mussel Slough Tragedy
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Here on May 11, 1880, during a dispute over land titles between settlers and railroad, a fight broke out in which seven men lost their lives: two deputy U.S. Marshals and five ranchers. The legal struggle over the titles was finally compromised.
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