Jumat, 03 Maret 2017

Texan Johnny Boyett Was the Man Who Gunned Down Warren Earp

They had known each other for years before the 1900 shooting. A pleasant, soft-spoken Texan and cattleman by trade, John Nathan Boyett rode into Arizona Territory in the late 1880s hoping to become a successful rancher. Known to friends as “Johnny,” he had no way of knowing he would become a much sought-after curiosity, the …

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