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Chase scenes in old Westerns often hinge on matters of jurisdiction: If the hated desperados manage to gallop across the county line before being lassoed or gunned down, their law-abiding pursuers — loath to violate another sheriff's turf — always end the chase then and there. Wickenburg, Ariz., seems the kind of place where such rugged frontier traditions might still apply. A community of about 5,500 residents founded in 1863 after Henry Wickenburg struck gold at Vulture Mine, the ranching and resort town lies in the foothills of the Bradshaw Mountains an hour north of Phoenix. Contrary to ...

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