Lightin' out for Texas

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Lightin' out for Texas

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Most of us here like old cowboy pictures so here is one of my Great Uncle Bill Wright. He was a silversmith in Vinita, I. T.

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He is probably just lighting out for Texas after killing a man who was trying to kill him with a Winchester as Uncle Bill was getting off the train in Chelsea, I. T. I know he used a pistol, I assume the one he's carrying, to defend his life. It was ruled self defense but I think to avoid trouble with the other family, he went to Texas for a spell.
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Great picture. Love the story also.
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Griff wrote:Great picture. Love the story also.
+1 Great story, love the pic.... :mrgreen:
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Great family story and photo, thanks for sharing, I'd love to know what happened to his pistol.
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Outstanding ! It looks like he had a nice Ivory-handled SAA Colt .45, there.

Do you know when (year) that event occurred ?


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gamekeeper wrote:Great family story and photo, thanks for sharing, I'd love to know what happened to his pistol.
Me too!

It must have been 1903 or 4? It was just after the Dawes Commission left Vinita and moved to Chelsea. The shooting was over filing on a particular piece of land.
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Cool story. Thanks for sharing it.
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Very cool picture but......why do you suppose the guy with the Winchester was trying to shoot your g.u.? :D Maybe he showed the bad guys girlfriend that he had a bigger "gun". :D ----6
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No 6, the guy with the Winchester told Uncle Bill that if he filed on a certain piece of land that he would kill him so when Uncle Bill took the train to Chelsea where the Dawes Commission was allotting land the guy took a shot at Uncle Bill and missed.
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Is the revolver still in the family?
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Ysabel Kid wrote:Is the revolver still in the family?
I don't know. That's so many generations ago that I don't know many of those cousins. I guess I should look them up and ask.
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Awesome photo, and History. Thank You for posting.
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A great photo and story!
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great story and photo. thanks.
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Great photo and story. Even if you can't get your hands on the sixgun I'd still be interested to know what caliber and all it was.


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What a treasure of a photo to have. Especially nice with the awesome story to go along with it.
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