Darby's Rangers [View 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1960.

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Darby's Rangers [View 2] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1960.

Negative taken for May 5, 1960, Arkansas Gazette article "The Heroic Exploits of Darby and His Rangers," B1:3. Photographs from the book "The Spearheaders" by James Altieri. The book tells the story of William O. Darby, from Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, who created a group of superior American soldiers, called the Rangers.

1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 3 cm. (1 x 1 in.)

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Arkansas History Commission

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