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 Boot Hill Cemetery ~ Tascosa, TX Posted by:  YoSam.
N 35° 31.851 W 102° 15.784
13S E 748156 N 3935360
# 6. Fred Leigh, killed in what is called "The Duck Fight". Read inside to find out the details.
Waymark Code: WMAGRP
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/14/2011
Views: 10
County of Cemetery: Oldham County
Location of Cemetery: Cemetery Rd. W. of TX-233, inside Boys Ranch, off US-385, Ghost Town of Tascosa, 16 miles N. of Amarillo
Number of Graves: 27 identified, a few more unknown.
Cemetery Name: Boot Hill (barrowed from Dodge City KS Cemetery)
Text of Directory:
BOOTHILL CEMETERY
Old Tascosa, Tex.
1. Jesse Sheets - Killed by Valley & Chilton
2. John Leverton - Killed by G.W. Arrington
3. Ed King - Age 24 - Killed by Lem Woodruff
4. Frank Valley - Age 23 - Killed by Lem Woodruff
5. Fred Chilton - Age 21 - Killed by Woodruff
# 1, 3, 4 & 5 killed in gun fight Mar. 21, 1886
6. Fred Leigh - Killed by Capt. Willingham, 1880
7. Bob Russell - Killed by Jules Howard
(Shot in a showdown, 1879 - first Boothill Burial
site chosen by the widow Russell
8. The Dutchman - Killed by Catfish Kid
9. Baciljo Sanches - Killed by a horse
10. Frank Norwood - Killed by John Maley
11. John Maley - Killed by Norwood's brother Ed
12. Rubein Juice - Negro cook - (just up an' died)
13. Apple Axe - Cook's helper- went with 'em
| 14. Bill Smith
15. Overton Bounds
16. Ralph Ledbetter
17. Jim Jones
18. Bill Klimm
19. Carl Yowell
20. Bob Luker
21. Unknown (Adult female)
21 & 22 died of Smallpox
22. Unknown (Two Infants)
23. Jim Sane
24. Hugh Dickey
25. George Findley
26. Ed Morgan
27. Bobby Hughes
(Other graves unidentified) | |
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Want to read more? How about the Duck Fight? (It wasn't much of a "fight"):
The Duck Fight, LIT Ranch, Tascosa |
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Boys Ranch Tascosa, Oldham County, Texas
Approximate number of graves: 27
Cemetery Status: Inactive Maintained
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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