Young Ranger's Portrayal of Cimarron Blurred Fact, Fiction

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Henri Lambert, a feisty but enterprising Frenchman, started it all back in 1867 when he climbed down from a stagecoach, cast a quick glance over the straggling town of Cimarron, and decided his future lay on this corner of the New Mexico Territory.

It had been a long journey from his birthplace in Nantes, France, which he left in 1856 at age 12 to run away to America. On the long road to manhood, Henri learned the art of cooking, by which he made his way in the world.

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Young Ranger's Portrayal of Cimarron Blurred Fact, Fiction

By 1862, at the height of the Civil War, the man now known as Henri Lambert was preparing meals for the staff of Union General Ulysses S. Grant. So proficient was he at roasting and bakin...

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