Helena
(or) Ghost Town (or) The Helena Duel
The
Toughest Town on Earth
Helena ဆိုတာ Texas ပြည်န,်က ေကျးလက် မြို့ နာမည်ပါ/
မိန်းမပျိုေလးလို လှတ ကဗျာဆန်တ,် ေကျာ်ကြားခဲ့ပါတ,် . . .
ဘာ့ေကြာင့် Helena ကို Ghost
Town လို့ေခါ်ကြတာလည်း . . .
ဘာေကြာင့် ေ'သခံ ေတွကြားမှာ The Helena Duel လို့ နာမည်ကြီးခဲ့တာလည်း . . . .
ဘာေကြာင့် ေ'သခံ ေတွကြားမှာ The Helena Duel လို့ နာမည်ကြီးခဲ့တာလည်း . . . .
The Toughest Town on Earth က ဘယ်မှာလည်း . . . .
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