Helena (or) Ghost Town (or) The Helena Duel The Toughest Town on Earth

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 . . . .

The Toughest Town on Earth က ဘယ်မှာလည်း  . . . .

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Helena [m jynfwGif;ppf jzpfaewJhumvawGrSmawmif pmwdkufrSkm udk,fydkifwHqdyf acgif;awG xkwfa0cJhNyD;? NrdKUapmihfwyfawG zGJUpnf;EdkifcJhygw,f/ ruúqDudk qdyfurf;awGqDudk NrdKUuaewqihf 0g*Grf; tajrmuftjrm; wifydkUEdkifcJhygw,f/ w&m;&Hk;? axmif? yefyJzdk;? [dkw,fawG? {nfhcef;rawG? rl;,pfaq;0g; tazsmf,rumqdkifawG ? ukefpHkqdkifawG zGihfNrJ MuufysHrus pnfum;vsufygyJ/ (1879)ckESpfrSm Helena – The Helena Record eJU (1887)ckESpfawGrSm The Kernas Country News qdkwJh owif;pm ESpfapmifudkvnf; xkwfa0cJhygao;w,f/ (1880)ckESpf awGrSm NrdKUvlOD;a&[m (250)eJU(300)Mum;rSm &dScJhygw,f/

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                                                                             San Antonio jrpf &IUcif;

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