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Category Archives: Outlaws
Mister Montana
Last week — … we examined the outlaw sheriff operating in and around Virginia City-Bannack, in the Idaho/Montana Territory. This week, we will look at a man who some would argue was as bad as the outlaw sheriff, only better … Continue reading
Outlaw Sheriff
William Henry Handy Plumer was born in Addison, Maine in 1832. He was the youngest of six children born to Jeremiah and Elizabeth Plumer. Jeremiah died when William was still a teenager. Henry left home in 1851, at age 19, … Continue reading
Posted in American Frontier, California, Corruption, Goldrush, Gunfights and such, History, Idaho, Montana, Outlaws, Society
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In Search of Justice
In 1885, Joseph Isaac Clanton, known to his friends as “Ike,” surrounded himself with men such as Lee Renfro, G. W. “Kid” Swingle, a man named “Longhair” Sprague, Billy Evans, and Ebin Stanley (Ike’s brother-in-law). They were a scruffy lot, all … Continue reading
Death in Two Parts
The Story of Black Jack Ketchum Whenever anyone has absolutely nothing to call their own, and they happen upon someone else’s property, particularly when no one is looking, they find in this an opportunity for self-enrichment that cost them nothing … Continue reading
Posted in American Frontier, Gunfights and such, History, Justice, New Mexico, Outlaws, Society, Texas
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Three of a Kind
The story of Josie and Ann Bassett, and Etta Place ____________ “A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes, she’s a tramp.” — Joan Rivers Introduction Years ago, Arthur and Fanny … Continue reading
God made man — but Texas made Texans
Introduction In 1820, Tejas (Texas) was a province of New Spain. In that year, the population of Hispanics living in Texas was around 1,700 — mainly concentrated in San Antonio, but with a spattering of people also living in Nacogdoches … Continue reading
Trading, Raiding, and Outlawry
Introduction Cultural evolution is an interdisciplinary study because it involves human history, biology and genetics, human behavior, demography, language, archeology, anthropology, and specific sociological effects. How did the Shoshone Indians become Comanche, how did the Comanche progress from wandering nomads to … Continue reading
Henry Newton Brown
Henry was never the brightest bulb in the box, but he was probably typical of young men in the Old West. He was born in Missouri but was orphaned early in his life, raised by his uncle Jasper Richardson until … Continue reading
Posted in American Frontier, American Southwest, Corruption, Gunfights and such, History, Justice, Kansas, New Mexico, Outlaws, Texas
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Jeff Davis Milton
His parents named him Jefferson Davis, which should tell us something about the politics of his father, John Milton. John was a capable attorney, a wily politician, and a proud Floridian who, as Florida’s fifth governor, guided his state through … Continue reading
Consequences
A Texas Ranger could ride like a Mexican, track like an Indian, shoot like a Tennessean, and fight like a devil. McMullen County, formed in 1858 from Béxar, Atascosa, and Live Oak counties, sets around 74-miles south of San Antonio. … Continue reading
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