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HARVEY WHITEHILL
Sometimes Old West lawmen chased an outlaw only until he was out of sight. He was lucky. Then there were the unlucky outlaws that were chased by Harvey Whitehill. As a young man, Harvey Whitehill mined in several areas in Colorado, and following the Civil War did some mining in New Mexico. As one of […]
OLIVER LOVING
On September 25, 1867, Oliver Loving, one of the great pioneer Texas cattlemen, died at the age of 55. Incidentally, the story of his death may have a familiar ring. Oliver Loving was born in Kentucky, and moved to Texas at the age of 33 where he engaged in farming and freighting. And finally, at […]
BILLY THE KID PARDON
At one time outlaw Billy the Kid came close to becoming an honest man. But things didn’t work out the way he had hoped. The year was 1879. The Lincoln County War was all but over. Lew Wallace, the governor of New Mexico, was in Lincoln County, taking a personal interest in getting to the […]
TOM HORN
On November 21, 1860 hired killer Tom Horn was born in Memphis, Missouri. Tom was raised on a farm, and like many young farm boys, he loved to roam the woods with his dog and rifle, hunting for game. He was an unusually skilled rifleman, an ability that may have later encouraged him to gravitate […]
OLIVER LOVING
On September 25, 1867 pioneering cattleman Oliver Loving died from gangrene poisoning in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Living had been attacked by 500 Comanche at the Pecos River. Although he managed to escape and reach Fort Sumner, he had been shot in the arm and leg. Loving soon developed gangrene in his arm, a common […]
