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JOHN WESLEY HARDIN

On this date back in 1894 gunslinger and killer John Wesley Hardin was pardoned after spending 15 years in a Texas prison for murder.  He was 41 years old when he got out.  Although he supposedly killed over 40 people prior to this, he tried to change his life by becoming a lawyer in El […]

BROTHERS-IN-LAW

J.W. McCorlde just sent us a comment about his brother-in-law telling him about Cowboy To Cowboy.  It reminded me of some other Old West brothers-in-law. Back in 1873, Clint Barkley was in Texas when he murdered a man.  Clint immediately bugged out of the area and went to Lampasas, Texas to seek help from his […]