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Rise of the Blongers: 1888-1903.

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• The Blongers Come To Denver
  After years running saloons in the gold camps, the Blongers finally settle in to Denver and begin building their organization.
  
  
• The Forest Queen
  By now veteran gamblers and lawmen, Sam & Lou Blonger strike it rich in 1892.
  
  
• The City Hall War
  The governor calls out the militia to wrest city hall by force from the influence of Denver's "gambling fraternity."
  
  
• Vice Crackdown of 1894
  The governor's new police commissioners close down Denver's vice districts, but not for long.
  
  
• The Battle of Bull Hill
  Union miners and the sheriff's department duke it out on Bull Hill, with the militia in between.
  
  
• The Tarsney Outrage
  Lou is involved in the investigation of an assualt on militia commander Tarsney.
  
  
• War of the Fixers?
  Soapy Smith was a hero of the City Hall War — to those at city hall, anyway — but a night of violence threatens his future in Colorado, and tips the balance to the Blongers.
  
  
• Strong Arm of the Law
  The Blongers' ties to politicians and law enforcement were longstanding, and critical to their success.
  
  
• The Fall of Lou Blonger
  In the end, no one could, or would, save him from his fate.

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