Bad Colored Whiskers Stage Robbery Joke Ends Tragically
A highway tale recounts a staged robbery on a stage from Hill Top where a red whiskered man pretended to rob passengers. Joe Harper fired, killing the jokester in a fatal exchange, leaving the passengers to walk fifteen miles. The survivor warns that red whiskered men are dangerous.
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Hill Top
Mannin
Joe Harper
Joe
Old John Brown's Body at Lake Placid Site
Old John Brown is buried beside a granite boulder near Lake Placid in Essex County New York. The piece notes Brown’s Kansas and Harper's Ferry actions, the farm gift to the state, and the site’s Adirondack setting visited by summer travelers.
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Lake Placid
Mohawk River
Canadian Line
Essex County
New York
Adirondacks
John Brown
Brown
Kansas
Charleston
Kate Field
North Elba
Harper's Ferry
New Road
Port OF the
Justice of the Peace Court
Reuso
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BP Ial
J U ‘Smith
Nateves Becestaguseeses
River Bridge
Bal Due Co Treas
Echool
Epeclal
Bal Due Treas
Oor
Tobal Due Co
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