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Part of the lore of the Wild West...
Part of the lore of the Wild West...
Item # 675595
August 29, 1878
THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, Aug. 29, 1878
* George Parrott
* "Big Nose George"
* Stagecoach robbery
The front page has an article: "Cheyenne" "Train Robbers in Wyoming--Officers Murdered". This is a great & detailed account of a stagecoach robbery near Medicine Bow, Wyoming.
Four pages, irregular at the spine from disbinding, a bit fragile but in nice condition.
background: On June 2, 1878, near Medicine Bow, Wyoming, the outlaw Big Nose George Parrott and his gang attempted to rob a Union Pacific stagecoach by sabotaging the railroad tracks to derail a train. The plan failed when the damage was discovered in time, preventing the robbery. In the aftermath, two lawmen, Tip Vincent and Robert Widdowfield, were murdered by the gang. The crime led to a manhunt that eventually resulted in Parrott’s capture in 1880. After being jailed in Rawlins, he was lynched by a mob, and in a bizarre twist, parts of his body were used for medical study, with his skin fashioned into a pair of shoes.
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