I’m sorry to say that in yesterday’s post, I erred on the location of Black Jack Ketchum’s hanging. Thankfully, Ketchum’s great grand nephew notified me of my mistake. Berry Spradley has a fascinating web page on the his genealogy and family history:
Your memory is not exactly correct. Black Jack Ketchum was hung in Clayton, New Mexico. He did hang around Cimmaron a time or two and, in fact, his brother Sam (my great grandfather) was shot by a posse in the Cimmaron Mountains in 1899 and died about 10 days later. Lots more information about the Ketchum gang and their genealogy can be found on my web page at http://www.hal-pc.org/~berrys .
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1 Grey Fox // Jan 24, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Get your kicks on Route 66.
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