Forum: Native American ]]> http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5846071 Mon, 14 May 2012 22:22:57 GMT http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5834172
Ideally it would be in those women's words, not fiction...can you suggest which book I start with ?



I'm from UK, living here in England, but, I have just discovered a 'need' to read up on how these women coped ?

Such brave brave ladies..



Hi from England !





Robyn

Forum: American History ]]> http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5834172 Mon, 07 May 2012 17:35:16 GMT http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5790635
We are down to the LAST 9 days and we are still shy of the half way mark!! Will you help us raise the next $280 to cross the $1500 threashold?? Donations start at $5 and we have FANTASTIC things we are giving away to donors from businesses along the route!



I have plenty of pictures and a video to share, but I STILL have something to share with everyone - but I would love to get to the $1500 mark first!!!



Thanks to all those who have donated!!! You know who you are!



http://igg.me/p/82705?a=508875



Here is to keeping the Mother Road alive!

Forum: Route 66 ]]> http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5790635 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:37:52 GMT http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5728024


I am trying to do 3-4 project this year on the route, and the first one I wanted to kick off 2012 with is to restore the neon sign for the 66 Motel in Needles CA. Everyone knows it, and if you traveled the route, you have stopped and taken a picture of it.



A few of these projects will have volunteer opportunites, which I will be more than happy to post.



More info at:



http://www.route66world.com/daily_page/



or



http://www.facebook.com/groups/113085672039496/

Forum: Route 66 ]]> http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5728024 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:35:13 GMT http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5692807


One of the important cities in Kerala is Kochi or Cochin, which is known for the breathtaking beauty of the union of the sea and sky. The beautiful sky over the harbor and the swelling of the untamed ocean is an epitome of beauty. It is a treat to watch the Vembanad Kayal, the largest lake in Kerala, looking silver gray in the daylight, with a couple of country boats moving ponderously slow over the vastness of the water.



Kottayam is another attractive city in the state of Kerala. Kottayam literally means fort (kotta) and inside (akkam). Kottayam is very famous among the tourists for its exotic backwaters. It is basically a mountainous region and is rich in scenic landscapes, backwaters, bird sanctuaries, temples and churches.



Palakkad is also known as the granary of Kerala. It is famous for its valleys, hillocks, rivers, forests, mountain streams, dams and irrigation projects. It is situated at the foot of the Western Ghats and is the gateway of Kerala from the North. Palakkad is a composition of the words Pala (the Alsteria Scholaris tree) and Kadu (forest). It was once a beautiful stretch of forests covered with the fragrant flowers of Pala tree.Many other places in Kerala are gifted with natural beauty that has touched the hearts of a million. Hence these places have been proclaimed as the Kerala tourist destinations.

Forum: Travel Destinations ]]> http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5692807 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:59:57 GMT http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5683913


Also other experiences I have had, I can't remember how old I was, but I remember in the past, being alone in a room and hearing a whisper say my name. I believe this has happened to me a few times. But I always feels like it's my imagination and it can't be real.



I have been watching ghost adventures and now it is making think more. I believe if there are ghosts, they are looking for someone that can hear them and see them. I can imagine if I was a ghost and I was lost, and I was trying to find someone to help me and thousands of people I try to make contact with never hear me, but then I find one person that can hear me. Of course I would follow that person. I think that is what ghosts do. They are trying to find someone that can sense them, but maybe 1 out of a thousand or million can sense them. Then they try to get that person to help them.

Forum: Ghosts & Mysteries ]]> http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5683913 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:54:08 GMT http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5619472 this guy at least! )



This year has been well thought out and will continue each day for (you guessed it!) twelve days!



http://www.route66world.com/daily/on-the-first-day-of-christmas-route-66-gave-to-me/

Forum: Route 66 ]]> http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5619472 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:09:56 GMT http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5614100


I've been doing some research on one of my wife's relatives, John Lang, who participated in a gunfight in the Old West town of Tascosa. I thought I'd share my findings here, as the 'Big Fight' (as it was known) seems to be one of those 'long lost' gunfights that no one seems to know about. A hundred years ago, it was one of the most famous Old West gunfights, but when the O.K Corral gunfight became widely publicized, the gunfight in Tascosa faded away from public consciousness because, although it was much like the O.K. Corral fight in terms of complex causes and motivations, and although it involved more fatalities, it was a fight where the forces of law and order found themselves on the losing side, so it was not likely to find authors and filmmakers who wanted a simple 'good guys win' story.



Anyway, here's John Lang's story as I've pieced it together from the information I could find from various sources...



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Early Years



John Gottlieb Lang was born on 15 January 1862 in Nashville, Illinois, where his father was a barber. John was the eldest son and one of 12 children. In 1874, the family moved to Pleasant Valley, Kansas, where they opened a butcher's shop. While working there, John accidentally amputated the tip of his right thumb. As a teenager, he worked as a sheepherder and by 1882, he had made his way to Dodge City.



It was probably while he was in Dodge that John found work with the LS Ranch. The LS was an enormous ranch, owned by cattle barons W.M.D. Lee and Lucien B. Scott. The property covered nearly a quarter of the Texas Panhandle and extended into New Mexico. The herd was managed by Jordan Edgar 'Mac' McAllister, an ex-scout who had served under General Custer during his attack on Black Kettle's Cheyenne camp on the Washita River on 27 November 1868. Disgusted with Custer's treatment of the Indians, McAllister quit and was hired by Lee.



When John Lang was first hired, McAllister employed him as a ranch hand, moving cattle around the range and to market. He impressed his employers so much that he was relied upon for important tasks, including bringing a group of prize Durham bulls 200 miles from Camp Supply in Indian Territory (now Fort Supply, Oklahoma) to the LS Ranch headquarters on Alamocitos Creek.





Prelude to the Gunfight in Tascosa



In the spring of 1884, Pat Garrett was invited to the Texas Panhandle by the big ranchers of the Canadian River and tasked with organizing a company of Texas Rangers to put a stop to the rampant rustling and re-branding of cattle in the area. He set up his headquarters at the LS Ranch and petitioned the government for official papers so that he could go to work. John Lang was one of the first men Garrett employed. In the following months, the rangers were successful in policing the area and preventing the same kind of feud that resulted in New Mexico's Lincoln County War just six years earlier.



In the spring of 1885, the rangers were disbanded and Garrett returned to New Mexico. The ex-rangers continued to work for the LS Ranch, but without Garrett's reputation to back them, their continued activities began to stir resentment among Tascosa's underworld element. Although the actions of the rangers had removed the area's worst elements, rustling was still an ongoing problem. A group known as 'The System' or 'The Get Even Cattle Company' was organizing cattle theft in the area. Its boss may have been Jesse Jenkins and members of the gang probably included Tom Harris, Louis 'The Animal' Bousman, Len Woodruff, 'Poker' Tom Emory, his brother Charley and John Gough, also known as 'The Catfish Kid'. Unsurprisingly, the LS boys, particularly the rangers, were literally on the gang's hit list. To add insult to injury, ranger Ed King was known to be especially arrogant, quarrelsome when drunk and quick to draw his gun at any excuse. Both sides were ready for a fight and it was only a matter of time until the brewing tension erupted into violence.



The final straw came in March 1886. At this time, a group of cowboys from the LS Ranch, including Ed King, John Lang, Frank Valley and Fred Chilton, were camped out by the shallows of the Canadian River at a place called Jerry Springs, just four miles west of Tascosa. There they were employed in 'bog riding' - rescuing cattle from drowning or being stuck in the river as they relieved themselves from the attacks of heel flies. The job of caring for the cattle was tedious and the lure of the town was often too much of a temptation. Ed King spent a lot of time in town and took up with Sally Emory, who worked at the Jenkins Saloon and had been bartender Len Woodruff's girlfriend until she found out he had been cheating on her. In the days leading up to the fight, Sally encouraged Ed to teach Woodruff a lesson. On Friday night, the 19th, a drunken Ed King, backed up by two friends, did so, slapping him playfully on the face and calling him 'Pretty Len'. In an already highly charged situation, the reckless Ed King was playing a deadly game.





Assassination



On Saturday, 20 March 1886, under a bright full Moon, Ed King, his friend John Lang, and two other LS ranch hands, Frank Valley and Fred Chilton, rode into Tascosa on their way to the weekly dance being held at the hacienda of sheep rancher Casimiro Romero. Here they stayed until after midnight, at which time the four men left the dance and headed into town, where Ed King was hoping to meet Sally Emory. Valley and Chilton entered the Equity Bar while John Lang tied up the group's horses behind the post office. Meanwhile, Ed King and Sally met outside the Jenkins Saloon at the corner of Spring and Main Streets. There, King was hailed by one of a group of men in the shadow of the saloon. Stepping up onto the porch and finding Len Woodruff aiming his Winchester at him, King growled, "What does this mean, boy?" and grabbed the gun. At that point, one of the men shot King in the face and he fell, mortally wounded, blood gushing from his mouth. As he fell, King managed to shoot Woodruff in the stomach and Charley Emory in the leg. As soon as King hit the ground, Len Woodruff rushed into the street and administered the coup de grace, jamming the Winchester barrel against King's neck and pulling the trigger. Sally Emory took off down Spring Street.



Seeing his friend shot down, John Lang pulled out his Colt as he saw John Gough (known as the Catfish Kid) take aim at him and fire from point blank range. The shot somehow missed and Lang ran as gunfire, directed toward him, erupted from the porch of the Jenkins Saloon. Lang rushed down Main Street towards the Equity Bar, yelling "Boys, they've killed Ed, Come on!" and firing at his friend's assassins until his revolver was empty. Ducking into the bar, Lang ran to the bartender, saying, "Stake me to a loaded gun, they have killed Ed King".





The Fight Behind the Jenkins Saloon



Frank Valley and Ed Chilton emerged from the rear end of the bar and all three ran out into the street towards the Jenkins Saloon. Lang secured Ed King's loaded gun as Ed Chilton, hoping that his friend might still be alive, tried to raise him up. Lang urged his friend to "Let him alone, he is dead".



The three men found the Jenkins Saloon's front door locked and the lights out. They ran around the back, just as the wounded Len Woodruff and Charley Emory were entering the back door of an adobe located 50ft behind the saloon. Frank Valley ran towards them and started to shoot through the door. As he did so, Chilton took cover at the southwest corner of the Jenkins Saloon and John Lang ran next to a pile of corded wood standing between the two buildings. Valley made to open the door to the adobe but was shot seven times in quick succession as he did so. Suddenly, bullets were coming from everywhere and Chilton and Lang were caught in crossfire from the woodpile opposite Lang, from the adobe and from the southeast corner of the saloon. Lang turned away from the adobe and shot at the men hiding behind the woodpile. At this point, Jesse Sheets, the owner of the restaurant next to the Jenkins Saloon, opened up his door and, as Chilton and Lang thought, began firing on them. He was shot in the face by Chilton, who took careful aim after steadying his gun against the corner of the Jenkins Saloon. Sheets fell dead. As Chilton made his way to Lang, he was shot in the back and left side by someone shooting from the woodpile. As Lang reached him, Chilton handed over his gun and, dying, fell face forward on his hands.





John Lang's Retreat



John Lang found himself alone and still taking a withering fire from all directions. He took off north, along the eastern side of the saloon and up Spring Street, firing as he went, while bullets tore into the ground and through the air around him. His fight ended as he turned a corner and was joined by more friends from the Equity Bar. These men made their way back to the western part of Main Street. Soon afterwards, Sheriff Jim East and his deputy arrived on the scene. Lang offered his services as a deputy and the men went back towards the Jenkins Saloon. When they got there, only the Catfish Kid was in evidence. He ran from the woodpile and deputy Charlie Pierce fired at him. The Kid, unharmed but unnerved, tripped. Then, making the best of it, pretended to be gravely wounded. Incredibly, the ruse worked and, moments later, he was able to escape.



The sherriff and his deputies entered the adobe only to find that Woodruff and Emory had left. Emory was found in a blacksmith's shop while Woodruff made it a mile to the river before he was caught.





Aftermath



The fight had left John Lang with a bullet through his coat sleeve, but without a scratch. His three friends were not so lucky. With the exception of Frank Valley, they lay dead where they had been shot, as did Jesse Sheets. Frank Valley survived, fighting for breath, for a few hours. Len Woodruff's wounds were thought to be mortal, but he eventually recovered and appeared in court in April 1887. Charley Emory also survived.



As the news broke at the LS Ranch on the morning of the 21st, tempers were at breaking point. The boys were ready to hang every member of the opposition and burn every saloon in Tascosa to the ground. But the LS manager Jordan McAllister wouldn't have anything to do with it. Without Mr. Mac's blessing, the LS boys wouldn't go through with it.



The bodies were buried later that day at Tascosa's own Boot Hill Cemetery - named after the one in Dodge City. The saloons were closed down so there would be no trouble. The funeral service was read by Judge Wallace - the town had no minister. A large crowd sang 'Nearer My God to Thee'.



Murder charges were filed against Woodruff, Bousman, Emory, Lang and the Catfish Kid. John Lang was the only defendant granted bail. The first trial ended in a hung jury. In the second, all the men were acquitted. The Catfish Kid died in prison after killing an unarmed man in another incident.



After the Tascosa fight, John served briefly as Amarillo town marshal before rejoining his family in Oregon.





Later Years



In 1897, John Lang and his brothers Sam and Herman set out to Alaska as part of the 1896 gold rush, though Sam and Herman turned back before they reached the gold fields. While in Alaska, John cut and sold wood to prospectors. In 1898, he enlisted in Company E of the Oregon Volunteers. He served in the Philippines, taking part in the action at Tondo on 23 February 1899; with Wheaton's flying column in mid-March; in the Malolos Campaign; and at Malobon. According to his Oregon Volunteers enlistment documents, John Lang was 5ft 8 3/4" tall, of dark complexion with brown eyes and black hair.



After the war, John returned to Oregon. For a time, he owned a log cabin saloon and later, the Haines Hotel and Livery Stable. In 1914, he married Ella Stiltz. A long-time Democrat and ardent supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt, John represented his district in the Oregon state legislature. In 1935, he is listed as Mayor of Haines. He owned a gold mine - the Western Union Mine in Rock Creek. After Ella died in 1931, John's nephew Jack lived with him, working with him at the mine until 1936.



In late 1936, John revisited Tascosa, which was by this time almost a ghost town. There, he met the town's last resident, Elizabeth 'Frenchie' McCormick and was interviewed by Amarillo newspaper reporters. John Lang died six years later in Oregon and was buried next to his wife in Haines Cemetery.





Bibliography



John Lang appears in the following books:



'Tascosa: Its Life and Gaudy Times' by Frederick Nolan



'Maverick Town: The Story of Old Tascosa' by John L. McCarty



'Temple Houston' by Glenn Shirley



'The Tascosa Murders' by Michael H. Price



'The LS Brand: The Story of a Texas Panhandle Ranch' by Dulcie Sullivan

Forum: Old West ]]> http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5614100 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:55:27 GMT http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5579922


Do you know of any good online reading covering Pacific Northwest history? I am looking for more good reading on the subject, and I wanted to share a few suggestions.



This series of brief essays is excellent and somehow seems to cover each subject best:

http://historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=results.cfm&search_library=timeline



Here's Winthrop's frontier classic "The Canoe and the Saddle".

http://books.google.com/books?printsec=frontcover&vid=LCCN14000636#v=onepage&q&f=false



Here's a book by a cowboy who employed the native Yakima fighters after the war and tells their side of the battles: "Kamiakin, Last Hero of the Yakimas":

http://ia600506.us.archive.org/11/items/kamiakinlasthero00spla/kamiakinlasthero00spla_djvu.txt



This one's a bit more scholarly but contains quite a few memorable stories: Snowden's "History of WA:

http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA319&lpg=PA347&dq=NATHAN%20OLNEY&id=BHYUAAAAYAAJ&output=text



Better yet tell us a story.

Know of any active forum for WA history buffs?

Forum: American History ]]> http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5579922 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:54:25 GMT http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5575898
For those images in the book are written upon the Earth and are part of a Scared Tablet and is the last word from God to mankind. All those images that are on the Tablet can be viewed by every man, woman and child on this Earth by the aid of Science with a computer program using Satellite imagery called "GoogleEarth"

The Scared Tablet does tell the past, present, and the future. And I shall tell the world what it states. In these books; "The Last Story" "The Silent War: World War III" and "The Powers Behind The City of Atlantis" The Last Story is now published and the other two books will be out by August of 2012. If you wish to know the truth then I suggest you get the books and view the images for yourself from GoogleEarth.

The Last Story: The Messenger is available now at Amazon, Xlibris, and Barns and Noble. Updates on the books are at http://www.lostintheamericas.weebly.com



You owe it to yourself to see the proof and truth of 2012 and beyond.

http://www.dwallberg.com

Forum: Native American ]]> http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5575898 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:02:15 GMT http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5564671 http://www.route66world.com/daily/gardner-streetcar-has-dedication/



I worked on it but it was over a year ago and have not seen it since April - and I will not be able to see it until New Years (when I am in Bloomington).



Thanks!

Forum: Route 66 ]]> http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5564671 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:17:10 GMT http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5545239
I am a skeptic of ghosts and paranormal phenomena, but I am fascinated with the subject. After reading about "The Sallie House" and the "Union Screaming House," and the terrible misfortune those people had to endure in their own homes, I stumbled upon this Web site. Obviously this Web site forum is available for members to share their stories. However, as a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, I would really like to read about some stories from Ohio - especially the Southwest (Hamilton, Clermont, Butler, Warren counties; et cetera). Private messages are welcome if you prefer that method of contact. Thanks for your time.

Forum: Ghosts & Mysteries ]]> http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5545239 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:15:50 GMT http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5480685


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Forum: Route 66 ]]> http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5480685 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:58:37 GMT http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5467984


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Forum: Route 66 ]]> http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5467984 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:24:52 GMT http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5455945
Tracey Bey

Forum: Ghosts & Mysteries ]]> http://legends.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5455945 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:14:40 GMT