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unusual facts about Big Iron


Agua Fria, New Mexico

The Marty Robbins song "Big Iron" is set in the town of Agua Fria, where a notorious outlaw faces off against the local ranger, with fatal consequences to the criminal.



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Timeline of Guantánamo Bay

Named after Rear Admiral John D. Bulkeley, Commander, Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, during the water crisis in February 1964, who stood watch on this hill in battle greens, wearing his "Big Iron", a .357 Colt magnum pistol, 12 to 18 hours a day, for several weeks.