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John Henry Selman was sometimes identified as an outlaw and sometimes a working lawman of the Old West. He is best known as the man who shot John Wesley Hardin in the Acme Saloon in El Paso, Texas, on August 19, 1895.
Philio Houston "Phil" Coe, was a soldier, Old West gambler, and businessman from Texas. He became the business partner of gunfighter Ben Thompson in Abilene, Kansas, with whom opened the Bull's Head Saloon. He was killed by marshal Wild Bill Hickok in a street brawl.
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Arthur Swift (1812–1855) was a 19th-century Texas merchant, surveyor, political and military figure. He along with Rangers Mathew Caldwell and James Campbell were founders of Seguin, Texas and a member of Callahan's Gonzales-Seguin Rangers and a participant in the Texas–Indian wars. He served as a Texas State Representative for Gonzales-Guadalupe County.
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Pisgah is a ghost town that was located in Navarro County, Texas, United States, approximately 12 miles south of Corsicana.
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Union is a populated place and CDP in Wilson County, Texas, United States. The area is named for the local ghost town that was originally named "Union Valley." Today, the extant community of Union is located on FM Road 1681, about 56 miles southeast of San Antonio. The cemetery—still visible—used by the town's early inhabitants, contains the grave of Jane Bowen, the wife of outlaw John Wesley Hardin.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Albuquerque, TX; article; uploaded on June 9, 2010; Dunn, Roy Sylvan; "Handbook of Texas Online; published by the Texas State Historical Association; accessed September 29, 2015
- ↑ Hardin, John Wesley (1896). The Life of John Wesley Hardin: As Written By Himself. Seguin, Texas: Smith & Moore. ISBN 978-0-8061-1051-6 . Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ↑ Helm, Jack; article; Handbook of Texas online; published by the Texas State Historical Association; accessed September 2015.
- ↑ Hardin's Deadly Tools; March 12, 2012; article; by Spangenberger, Phil; "True West Magazine" (online); accessed September 2015
- ↑ Wise, Ken (September 2015). Hunter, Michelle (ed.). "The Trial of John Wesley Hardin". Texas Bar Journal. Austin, TX: State Bar of Texas. 75 (9): 202. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ↑ Rose, Victor (1880). The Texas Vendetta, or, the Sutton-Taylor Feud . Retrieved February 7, 2017.
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