indy1919a4
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It is always neat to come home with souvenirs
99% chance it came from a rifle like this
A Rifle Holster Question For Those With Knowledge Of The Old West
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It is always neat to come home with souvenirs
99% chance it came from a rifle like this
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I'm familiar with the story of Willie Boy. I might make the case that the 1939 search for Earl Durand in Cody/Powell area of Wyoming could qualify as the last "old West" style, posse manhunt. The effort involved National Guard troops, an artillery unit, and a private plane equipped with bombs and tear gas grenades.
Durand was jailed in Powell on a charge of poaching elk out of season. He knocked down the jailer, who have been taunting him, with the milk bottle accompanying his supper. Duran fled to his parent's farm. Two law enforcement officers were dispatched to return him to jail. He killed them both and fled into the mountains.
In the course of 11 days, he killed two members of the pursuing posse. Another posse member died as a result of a negligent discharge bullet wound from his own revolver.
Durand returned to town and attempted to rob the Powell bank. When he emerged from the building behind a screen of bank employees, a teller was shot and killed by a helpful civilian among those who had been alerted by gunfire inside the bank.
Duand was wounded by a 16-year-old high school boy named Tipton Cox shooting a borrowed Winchester Model 71 from a gas station across the street from the bank. Durand crawled back inside the bank and where he died from a self inflicted gunshot.
Counting Durand, the death toll over 11 days was seven.
Durand was styled by the press as "the Tarzan of the Tetons" although the incident occured far from that range of mountains. The episode at the bank was unique in that a reporter used a telephone booth near the bank to describe the incident to his radio station in real time.
An excellent book with accounts by eyewitnesses is The Last 11 Days of Earl Duran by Jerred Metz. There are also the usual distorted versions of the story in a couple of Hollywood movies.
The Wyoming State Museum has a Colt Single Action Army revolver in .32-20 that was carried by a member of the posse, Earl Hayner. Hayner ran an outfitting and dude ranch business between Cody and the east entrance of Yellowstone Park. He, along with other locals knowledgeable of the mountain area, was recruited to the posse by Milward Simpson. Simpson was practicing law in Cody at the time and later became both Governor of Wyoming and a senator from that state. Simpson organized the posse because the Park County Sheriff was in California on a family vacation at the time.
Durand was jailed in Powell on a charge of poaching elk out of season. He knocked down the jailer, who have been taunting him, with the milk bottle accompanying his supper. Duran fled to his parent's farm. Two law enforcement officers were dispatched to return him to jail. He killed them both and fled into the mountains.
In the course of 11 days, he killed two members of the pursuing posse. Another posse member died as a result of a negligent discharge bullet wound from his own revolver.
Durand returned to town and attempted to rob the Powell bank. When he emerged from the building behind a screen of bank employees, a teller was shot and killed by a helpful civilian among those who had been alerted by gunfire inside the bank.
Duand was wounded by a 16-year-old high school boy named Tipton Cox shooting a borrowed Winchester Model 71 from a gas station across the street from the bank. Durand crawled back inside the bank and where he died from a self inflicted gunshot.
Counting Durand, the death toll over 11 days was seven.
Durand was styled by the press as "the Tarzan of the Tetons" although the incident occured far from that range of mountains. The episode at the bank was unique in that a reporter used a telephone booth near the bank to describe the incident to his radio station in real time.
An excellent book with accounts by eyewitnesses is The Last 11 Days of Earl Duran by Jerred Metz. There are also the usual distorted versions of the story in a couple of Hollywood movies.
The Wyoming State Museum has a Colt Single Action Army revolver in .32-20 that was carried by a member of the posse, Earl Hayner. Hayner ran an outfitting and dude ranch business between Cody and the east entrance of Yellowstone Park. He, along with other locals knowledgeable of the mountain area, was recruited to the posse by Milward Simpson. Simpson was practicing law in Cody at the time and later became both Governor of Wyoming and a senator from that state. Simpson organized the posse because the Park County Sheriff was in California on a family vacation at the time.
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Well, this has been an interesting thread to read. Thank you Indy1919a4 and Coyote3855 for some diverting history.
A Wikipedia article on Earl Durand
and the film version of Willie Boy Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here.
A Wikipedia article on Earl Durand
and the film version of Willie Boy Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here.
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