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and an overnight

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s located near the present site of

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. On 23 December 1880 sheriff

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and his posse found

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and the

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in a stone hut, where it began a shoot-out which killed

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and captured Billy,

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, Tom Pickett and Billy Wilson. Only the foundation remains nowadays. The musical production ''The Lighter Side of Stinking Springs'' centers around the stonehouse. The song is simple and includes the reprisal of ''The Ballad of Stinking Springs''.

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