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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1777252" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>I didn't repeat this story to make a comment about Indian wars but rather about the fact that old cowboys didn't go around armed to the teeth. Was there certainly shootings and hangings. Peter French was shot and killed December 26, 1897 in a dispute started over water rights. One of my neighbors has a ranch his parents bought in the 1950's. The seller sold because he had a dispute with a neighbor over water. His neighbor held him down and stuffed a gun into his mouth. He decided to sell out and leave.</p><p>Here there is a story from 1863 (?) about a man shooting another in an arguement. He then stopped at the post office and was harassing the lady at the post office. A man stepped in to defend the post mistress and was shot in the arm. This is the post office I was at 30 minutes ago. A group of men went after him. Found him a few miles away hiding in the willows. Took him to the nearest tree and hung him.</p><p>The picture is of the hanging tree. It is mid way between the two big gold mining areas of Rye Valley and Mormon Basin. The last man hung here was accused of raping a woman up in Mormon Basin. </p><p>The west was certainly wild. Still is in places. But every cowboy didn't go around with a 6 gun on his hip and a chip on his shoulder. I get a kick out of the western movies where all the town people are afraid to stand up to the bad guys. People were tough back then and there wasn't much back down in then. If there was they would have stayed in the cities back east.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]23807[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1777252, member: 498"] I didn't repeat this story to make a comment about Indian wars but rather about the fact that old cowboys didn't go around armed to the teeth. Was there certainly shootings and hangings. Peter French was shot and killed December 26, 1897 in a dispute started over water rights. One of my neighbors has a ranch his parents bought in the 1950's. The seller sold because he had a dispute with a neighbor over water. His neighbor held him down and stuffed a gun into his mouth. He decided to sell out and leave. Here there is a story from 1863 (?) about a man shooting another in an arguement. He then stopped at the post office and was harassing the lady at the post office. A man stepped in to defend the post mistress and was shot in the arm. This is the post office I was at 30 minutes ago. A group of men went after him. Found him a few miles away hiding in the willows. Took him to the nearest tree and hung him. The picture is of the hanging tree. It is mid way between the two big gold mining areas of Rye Valley and Mormon Basin. The last man hung here was accused of raping a woman up in Mormon Basin. The west was certainly wild. Still is in places. But every cowboy didn't go around with a 6 gun on his hip and a chip on his shoulder. I get a kick out of the western movies where all the town people are afraid to stand up to the bad guys. People were tough back then and there wasn't much back down in then. If there was they would have stayed in the cities back east. [ATTACH type="full"]23807[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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