Outlaws Benjamin Bickerstaff and Josiah Thompson
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N 32° 24.383 W 097° 12.711
14S E 668162 N 3586888
Texas Historical Marker on the south side of the square in Alvarado, noting that a couple of bad guys reached the end of the line near here back in 1869.
Waymark Code: WMA7Y5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/29/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker Number: 13482

Marker Text:
Near this site in 1869, Alvarado citizens ended the lives of outlaws Benjamin Bickerstaff and Josiah Thompson. A former Confederate veteran and prisoner of war, Bickerstaff was wanted for the murder of an African American man in Louisiana shortly after the Civil War. He later joined Alvarado business owner Josiah Thompson, also a Confederate veteran, and the two are believed to have participated in numerous robberies and murders in this area, including incidents in Alvarado. When they rode together into town on April 5, 1869, organized citizens shot them numerous times. They were buried in Balch (Old Alvarado) Cemetery. (2006)
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