Riders pursue rustlers to secret Horse Thief park
Detectives pursue two or three Mexicans toward a hidden canyon and a wooded camp known as Horse Thief park. Weather slows them as they trail hoof prints through Guadaloupe country and toward a potential ambush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titner
Cheney
Julia
Phil
McCann
Gitner
Posse
Vin
Guldlaloup Canyon
Wilson
Nick Rafferty
Jule
Guadaloup
Valley Ambush Test of Courage by Wilson and Phil
Wilson and Phil ride toward a canyon to trace rustlers. A tense stakeout unfolds as they split risk and rely on signals while Jasper Stark confronts danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil
Wilson
McCann
Pts
Gitner
Jasper Stark
Wolf
Julia
Jasper
Matthew Stark
Jasper W
Sasper
Matt Stark
Brands
Ile
Manzanita
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Leader and War Hero
The article recalls Chief Joseph born about 1840 in Oregon as a hereditary Nez Perce leader who resisted land cessions, led 800 warriors on a 2000 mile retreat toward Canada, and surrendered near the Idaho border. It notes his later life at Colville and Washington, work for education, sobriety, and his death on September 22, 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Nez Perce
United States
Crocandian
Xenophon
Oregon
Porce
Joseph the Elder
Wallowa
Lapwat
Canada
Sitting Bull
Howard
Sturgis
Miles
Indian Terrtory
Idaho
Colville
Washington
Caras . Townsend Brady
Spontaneous Eulogy at Old Drum Case Recalls Civil War
The West family recalls Senator West delivering a famed spontaneous eulogy for Old Drum the hunting dog after a dog killing dispute between Charles Burden and Leonidas Hornsby. A legal fight followed with multiple juries, culminating in a $500 verdict deemed excess and reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator West
Charles Burden
Kingsville
Old Drum
Leonidas Hornsby
Dick Ferguson
Hornsby
Ferguson
Dram
Burden
West
Missouri Compromise and Henry Clay’s role
A discussion notes that Henry Clay did not author the first Missouri Compromise measure passed in 1820. It credits him with a suggestion later used by the Senate while Maine achieved statehood as a free state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clay
Senate
Maine
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Annu Servic
William Wrcleng Rae Ny
Kievy
Horse Thief
Phi
Gilmer
Jim
Dremonstrance
Eien Gitner
Tim
Ant
Aplin
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