Texas Billy and Squirrel Tooth Alice

Wild West Podcast is proud to present “The Engaging Times of Texas Billy and Squirrel Tooth Alice.” This true story begins in Abilene Kansas when Texas Billy arrives after a long cattle drive from San Antonio. Texas Billy decides to take in an evening of entertainment and meets up with Elizabeth Haley, a young lady of 15 who has chosen a dancehall life. A relationship builds between them, and after a saloon owner by the name of Cole is shot and killed, they leave Abilene. They soon join-up with Ben Thompson, Texas Billy’s brother in Ellsworth Kansas. The story narrated by Brad Smalley spins out of control with the accidental shooting death of Chancey Whitney, the town's popular sheriff. The story written and produced by Mike King provides the actual accounts of a 25 - year relationship between a gambler and a well-known prostitute of the old west as they travel through Dodge City and into a new settlement named Hide Town. 

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welcome to wild west podcast where fact in legend merge the wild west. Podcasts presents the true accounts of individuals who settled in a town built out of hunger for money regulated by fast guns who walked on both sides of the law, but trolling, investing in and regulating the brothels, saloons, and gambling houses. These are the stories of the men who made the history of the old west come alive, bringing with them the birth of legends brought to order by a six gun and laid to rest with our boots on. Join us now as we take you back in history to the legends of the wild west. Perhaps one of the best known soil doves have. Dodge city was squirreled too that was born Mary Elizabeth Haley in 18, 55. Libby was born and raised in a life of privilege in Texas. Elizabeth Haley was 10 years old when she was kidnapped by Comanche's and held captive for three years. Her father paid a ransom for her to be returned home, but life was never the same for libby or father. Certain she had been defiled by her captors, shunned her. Her father refused to allow anyone to court her and kept her out of society. She fell in love with a man twice her age and had hopes of marriage. You brought the gentlemen home to meet her father, but when Matt on the front porch, her father shot the man in the chest and killed him, and as libby since at that moment she could never be happy if she remained with her family. So she left home and ran away to Kansas. What follows is the true story of Squirrel to Dallas after she arrived in Abilene, Kansas and met up with Texas

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later.

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My name is Billy Thompson, sometimes publicized is Texas Billy Thompson.

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I was born and nodding Lee Yorkshire England in 18, 48,

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five at an early age and my family immigrated to the United States and settled in Texas. Uh, became a true Texan. And during the civil war

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war, my brother Ben and I volunteered to fight for the confederate army.

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We joined the second regimen to the Texas

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mounted rifles. Most recognized me for having a quick and very violent temper. I would often find myself in trouble and yes, they're often occurred, some sort of violence when a man riled me up, those who knew me said I was unpredictable, troubled, and unstable. The aftereffects of the civil war caused me to become an unpredictable, loose cannon and liable to cause damage if not kept in check by others. I became a dangerous man and was noted to be fairly formidable in a gunfight. In 1970, I started herding cattle up to abalene along the Chisholm trail. I hired on as a trail boss do a company 10,000 head of cattle, up to 600 mile trail with me that spring retention cowboys, a chuck wagon cooking a Horse Wrangler drive began south of San Antonio. After the herds were gathered in the brush country along the noise river, we ported them north to Kansas. The trail to Kansas average eight to 10 miles a day. We seize dark time and allowed the cattle to stretch out over the trail to graze along the way. The life of a cowboy was not easy, but I was good at it and understood how to handle the many problems that occurred during a long drive. The cattle had to be driven across rivers, flooded streams in through prairie, storm's still. All the profit at the end of the drive was worth more than the difficulties along the way. My men and I arrived in Abilene and the early spring delivered our cattle to the mccoy pins and were paid after five weeks on the trail, a purchase, some new clothes, a pair of boots cleaned up, and decided to take in the attractions at the novelty

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theater.

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Novelty theater was known to give out. Entertainment lasted longer and made more noise in any Vaudeville in New York. They're on stage. That night I found an attractive young lady by the name of Elizabeth Haley. She and five other girls performed a new dance out of France and the band played fearlessly. The girls danced wildly. Elizabeth exposed herself to the onlooking crowd as much as possible, which caused us Texas cowboys in the audience to more of the excitement, the dance. All girls kick their legs up above their heads, and many of the cowboys present viewed more legs that night. Then most gobble saw on the trail eating chicken. I was so impressed with Ms Dot Haley. I decided to introduce myself to her.

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I found her to be amazingly young, to be a dance hall girl. Even at 15, Elizabeth wasn't beautiful in a usual way. Enter sentiments were not easily hidden on her innocent face. She acted shy. To smile is a gap between your front teeth, showed her only imperfection to the down curve of earth and lips. I gazed into her eyes and instantly understood all the beauty of the creation God not even hope to compete with her will to survive.

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I took her by the hand and we walked away from the novelty theater out into the unruly dim led streets of abaleen. The buildings were one story high of wood and with elevated fronts, given the effect, a two story houses, the sounds and the scenes of the streets of Abaleen at night teased on the cowboys, the cowboys swarm, the Alamo, Sloan and infested with temperament lingered with eager ears. These were the tunes played on the violin and piano staged on a platform and the corner of the saloon, Tom Downey's bowling was occupied in the billiard tables of the old fruit busted away. When we arrived at the bullheads saloon, great stacks at Cohen were piled invitingly on the little round. Gaming tables in the eye of the tiger showed prominently and the window. The bullheads saloon establishing partnership with Philco and my brother had a large sign above the entrance. The sign featured an anatomically correct, though the hugely exaggerated the painting of a bowl. Naturally the good citizens of Abilene were transgressed by the sign

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and considered it obscene. Elizabeth

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on the other hand, found the bowls where's I'm using. People wanted out the bowls, exposed. Anatomy looked over at me and said, man would need to have big ones to walk into this place. She laughed as we entered

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this alone, we had a few drinks and I asked Elizabeth how she got started as a dance hall girl.

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I found out early on after running away from home that in places like Abilene, I did not need to be a lady

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to garner the same respect given to the floozies around town. Me being a dancehall girl was one thing. She paused with hesitation, gritted her teeth and her face turned red with emotion, but making money to offer my wares allows me to choose my own destiny

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regardless of where I came from. Yes, I am a prostitute. She said it was the only profession I could find in this godforsaken place to elevate me to a position in society that drew notability among men. Now men see me on the streets, remove their hats and take respectful bows in my presence. What women do in this town did not matter. She said so much is the fact that she was a woman. Her expressed fervor for survival turned her eyes into spheres of the brightest fire and in them I read clearly that she would fight to the very last dirge for her life.

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She will not let the world breaker. Sure she could weep, but she would never let anyone take her true self from her. I offered to walk her home. She accepted.

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I enjoyed her accompany that evening and asked her to join me in the next morning for breakfast. The next morning, Elizabeth walked through the doors of the bullheads salone. I watched her from the mirror behind the bar where I stood to stock bottles of liquor. She scanned the room of empty scattered bottles, found my reflection, smiled and pulled up a chair at the table in a dark corner of the room. I returned or smile, chill the last bottle, and came out from behind the bar. I took two steps in her direction. When the saloon door busted open and buster of a voice followed. My name is Marshall Hickok, and I have been instructed to do something about your indignant sign out front. Now. Who owns this place? I was taken back by the grand and bold entry of the Marshall, how readily moved back behind the bar, reach for the double barrel equalizer and cocked back the hammers. The click of hammers got Hickox.

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Attention is co and my brother Ben came out from the back room with the saloon. It got it placed. His hands crossways on both of his. Turned out. Revolvers looked over at me and said, boy, I'm not sure who you are, but if I did not see your hands on the bar within a split second, I'm going to put a bullet in your head. The tall, long auburn hair and Marshall had to navy revolver code strapped to his side. His intense eyes stared at me like a panther, a wildcat, and ready to pounce. I felt the sweat drench my skin, the throb of my own eyes and the thump of my heart against my chest, my finger curled around the trigger of the shotgun. As my eyes looked deep into Hickox dead stare. Waited for the flinch. Have an eyebrow is my guts. Churned my stomach with intense cramps. My brother been stepped out from behind the bar and to the middle of the room and separated a possible conflict between Hickok and me. My name is Ben Thompson, belay my brother. I'm part owner of this place along with my partner, Mr. Co over here been pointed to Mr Cohen, asked what seems to be the problem. Marshall. Hey, God told my brother to either take down the sign over the saloon or have the scandalous part painted over. My brother responded in a smile. Is his English accent ordinated the room. You know Marshall, we should not get all hung up on what seems today to be the largest set of balls. I've always loved the idea that you think you know what you look at from a distance. When you come up close, it gets intricates nutty, obscene, and provocative. Now, wouldn't you say this is the case with the gonads painted above your head. Been smiled and

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hickock laughed. ECOG backed out of the saloon and within an hour return with a double barreled shotgun, a gallon of paint at a workman to take care of the chore. By that time, Elizabeth and I sat at the table. My brother Ben had left this alone. I started to get up and elizabeth kindly asked me to stay in my seat. I did what she asked. While hickock cradle the scatter gun in his arms, worker nervously painted over the sign under Elizabeth persuasion. Nothing happened except that a gallon of paint got slapped on the private ballparks parts of a swing and sign.

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It was at that moment. I recognized Mary Elizabeth Haley had her heart and my interest and she would take care of my needs. Elizabeth warm encouragement made me feel as if I no longer alone in the world. She had the same commitment and courage to survive on the frontier as I did to have Elizabeth as a partner would smooth the path of my angry temperament, gives me a brighter side to my dark and edgy outlook on life. It was at that moment. She said to me, you can call me libby.

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Libby and I set up house together. Libby danced in the saloons, sold herself and shared her earnings with me in less than six months living and I made a small fortune. I lost most of the money we made at the gambling tables and just two nights Libya and I decided to pull out of Abilene and take our chances elsewhere.

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This decision of departure occurred the day after Philco. My brother's partner was shot and killed by hitchcock. It was the same night. Hickock squeezed off to around killing by accident. His good friend and jailer, Mike Williams, they shipped Philip Co's remains back to San Antonio, a dark ad woman we did not know and did not bear his name. Took the next train south after the killing

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co and Mike Williams. There was a hurried exit of Cowboy Curtis and gamblers. Dickinson county by order of the good citizens was to become a farming community and abilene. Okay.

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Law abiding city forever. We were broke and desperate, so I decided to join a cattle drive head itself. I was appointed trail. Boston permission was obtained for libby to travel with me. She traveled in the back of a wagon and follow the herd from Kansas and Oklahoma. By the time we left the cattle drives, libby was pregnant. We left the drive in Oklahoma and in late August of 18, 72, we were back out on the prairie. We arrived in Ellsworth, Kansas on the first day of April 18, 73 and checked into the grand central hotel. The Grand Central Hotel comforted live, didn't have our first child. We named him rants. We were then married and found ourselves in the need of money. Ellsworth at this time was a cow town, and violence was common. We knew in the spring the cattle drives would start to come up from Texas to make a living. Libby would take up what she understood best uncorked the cowboys. I, on the other hand, would do my chair, a gambling. My brother been joined Libyan me. Two months later. Shortly after Ben's arrival, we set ourselves up as the house gamblers and Joe Brennan Saloon on Snake Road. Joe was married to a dance hall girl by the name of molly. The first time I saw Molly Brennan, I was attracted to her. She had an air of innocence. The beauty of her face glean with Brown and cheek, and the smile from her red lips could put any man into a trance. Her eyes move softly about gentle and as deep as those have an antelope could stir. Man's heart. Libby worked at Lizzie Palmer's place. We all became good friends with Chauncey Whitney, the county sheriff. Sheriff Whitney and I spent a lot of time together. I found him to be a good man, effective as an officer of the law and well liked among the citizens of the county. My brother been like the sheriff, and told me once that Whitney had a personality that made an easy man to respect. He was strong, fair Whitney's popularity had given to him as noted hero while serving as a scout during the Indian wars, and he was celebrated for his bravery in the battle of beecher's island to have a good relationship with a law man and was a good thing to have. But I fell short with Deputy Sheriff Marco. Marco was hired by the local police force along with Ed Hoag and add Crawford to reduce the amount of violence during the cattle drives. I found more girl to be a belligerent individual and a bragger to boasted about how many men he had killed. He was known about town as John Happy Jack Marco, mainly because he was happy to boast in public about how he shot. 12 men, did the three of them together, formed a packet. Corruption. The law man got a fee for every arrest, so they frequently trumped up charges against visiting cowboys. Drovers from Texas didn't take too kindly to that. It only took a few weeks for three of them to find me more. Go did not like me and I did not like him. Marco is hatred of me, was nothing more but a transformation of his own shame and insecurities. Everyone in town knew him as an egotist and the lack of courage to face real truth. It was a persecutor and all he wanted to do is beat down a person who already had more than their soul can take several times over. He would come into the saloon where I worked and started to use his authority to push me around. Marco found me in possession of a gun and arrested me on June 30th for carrying a weapon and town limits. This made me angry, but both ben and Livy persuaded me to pay the fine and leave the matter alone. Ben was so irritated with the takedown and during the hearing worn marco to cool it on the arrests. Marco add hoag and Ed Crawford. Pay No mind to Ben's request. They returned as suggestion with a laugh saying there was more to come our way. After my arrest, I became unsettled and became a heavy drinker. It was a month later when I became extremely intoxicated and vocal about Margo. Sheriff Whitney found me at the Brennan Saloon in a bad state of mind and told me to settle down or I might get myself in trouble. The sheriff left me to sober up and said he was going across the street to have dinner with a friend. I did just as the sheriff requesting. I asked for another bottle of whiskey and went over and wash my brother Ben. Teach a man by the name of John Sterling, how to play Monte. A large number of Texas cowboy is crowded around Ben's gambling table to make a bet on the turn of a card. Been shoveled the 40 cards, Spanish deck of cards dealt to card from the bottom of the deck, laying them face up on the table. Then Delta next two cards from the top of the deck and laid them face down the table. Then stepped back and full view of the four cards. Two guards faced up and to face down and Sin Laser best gentlemen on either layout players around the table quickly place their bets and anxiously awaited bend. Turn the deck-over so the bottom gate card was face up. This time the gate card matched the same suit for John Sterling. The best played out on sterling's layout. Been collected, losing cards on the table when John Sterling walked away from the table and made for the front door. Been yelled out at him. Hey Sterling, you need to pay up your percentage. Sterling stepped out in the street, been handed me the deck of cards, told me to watch over the game and the part of the saloon and pursuit to the vanishing sterling. It wasn't been about 10 minutes after my brother left the saloon when I heard a shot fire. Gunshots cracked into the EHRS, thunder, but without the raw power of a storm to where I stood back in the room, the bolted noise reverberated in the streets and rang out into the saloon. I stood like everyone else in the room in silence frozen to the anticipated sound of a second burst. When ben ran through the front door, the saloon, it was at the time and careful attendance to a deck of cards on the table with a whiskey bottle to keep me company. As Ben's chaotic motions descended on the room, it seemed like a chaos of Ben's entry. Accelerated fear and wonderment of an unknown occurrence with a speculation of violence. Does anyone have a gun? Shouted been. I dropped the deck on the table and started over the front door of the Sloan when voice called out from the street guns. You, Texas sons of bitches and fight. I looked out the window of Brennan Saloon and Observed Happy Jack Marco with two drawn pistols pointed in the air, one barrel smoked and deputy sterling armed with a shotgun. I look back to see if I could find Ben and took a glance at the tail of his black overcoat disappear through the back door. Brendan Saloon. I ran to the back door and followed band into jake news place where we checked our guns. Ben had time before I arrived to stuff. His revolver and his belt loaded his winchester and stepped out on south main street. I asked Jake for Ben Shotgun and you refused to hand it over. You're not sober enough to go out on the street with a loaded gun. Respond to Jake. I grabbed jake, buy a shirt collar. That's my brother out there. I said, I will be damned if you or anyone else is big enough to stop me. Now gimme that shotgun or I'm going through you to get my anger mixed with the over consumption of whiskey. All rush to my head at once. I felt my heart pounding with excitement. I loaded the shotgun, cock both barrels and staggered out in the street. My hands gripped the front and barrels of the shotgun buys swiveled towards the back of my and distressed

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sense of a headache. I tilted my head downwards towards my boots. Inside. Is the street closed in around me. I look forward as Ben's figured changed in the blink of an eye. Been glanced over at me, seeing how out of balance I was. Be careful billy been shouts. Ben's caution started me and I pulled back on one of the triggers, the shot gun discharges and a flare of fire poured out from one barrel of the gun blast to lead, scattered across the board. Walk in front of

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Saloon, the blast. Pierce through the boardwalk and opened up wood. Splinters at the feet of two Texas drovers seth mayberry and Eugene Miller. What the hell yield seth, as he ducked behind a wood-frame entryway. Ben, get that damn shotgun from your brother before he kills us all streamed Eugene. As he took two hops back, fell off the boardwalk and into the street. Ben reached over and grabbed the shotgun away from me, breach the smoking barrel and tried to extract the garbages down. Ben responded to the heat of the barrel. I can't on a jet to shell the brass swollen tight inside the barrel. He handed the shotgun over to Eugene and stepped into the street. I stepped off the boardwalk and shoulder eugene with a hard push. GimMe me that gun. I said,

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hi. Grabbed the shotgun back with one quick snatch out of Eugene's hands, picked up my staggered pace, braced my fall forward and shadowed. Bend down to snake road. I looked up and there they stood. Sterling and Marco faced off with Ben and the middle of the street bancock the lever of his winchester loaded one round into the chamber and position the rifle across his chest with his right index finger on the trigger. If you sons of bitches want to fight us. Here we are across the plaza on the opposite side of the tracks. Signed note is sheriff chauncey be a whitney coming out of the beaches, hotel and restaurant. Another man followed him. A man. I knew it to be John Long. Jack Delong, Sheriff Whitney stepped across the tracks and called out. Boys don't have any Rao. I will do all I can to protect you. Whitney pointed back to long jacket. You know John and I are your friends. Come let us go to Brennan's and take a drink. My mind was in a state of frenzy. The streets spun out of control around me faster than normal and with my legs about to give way. I responded, Nope, I'm not going to do at this time, sheriff. I said, I'm not going to let those dams, sons of bitches get the best have been. It was at that moment when a small voice quietly nagged at the back of my mind. The boys reminded me that I would not feel this way tomorrow and then my actions may have repercussions and perhaps today one of the great severity. I will walk back with you, but my shotgun will be ready in pointed in their direction. They better not follow us or I'm going to let them have it. We walked across the plaza and back to Brendan's the front doors of the saloon were crowded with spectators and hindered me, a clear path into the saloon. I started to push my way through the crowd. When it texts stock man by the name of w dot a dot Lankford yelled out a warning. Watch out Marco has a pistol. I stepped out of the saloon onto the boardwalk and looked over it. Then ben was in a full spin. He brought his winchester up to his shoulder, took aim and fire down the boardwalk. Ben Shot sent fire from the barrel of the rifle and the direction of marco. Marco would a full run with pistol. Fold. Had no time to return fire before he dove to the entrance of babies general store. The bullet from Ben's rifle hit and splintered the door. She just missing Morgan was head. I pulled back the hammer of my shotgun and level there that the concealed Margo. I was enraged by Marco's approach to shooting my brother in the back. I manage the shotgun through the crowded door aimed and heard sheriff, wouldn't you say, what does this all mean? I fired when I pulled the trigger. I did not hear the report or feel the kick, but I heard the devilish grumble of sheriff went and the outcry. Oh, I'm shocked. In that instant, a mysterious terrible change had come over the crowd of witnesses. I looked out to see where my shot had landed and watched. The Sheriff Whitney fell into the street. He looked suddenly. Stricken. Pinched is though the frightful impact, the scattered pellets and paralyzed him. His arms stretched out. His eyes marked me an enormous[inaudible] seem to have settled upon his face as he look back into the street with his chest. Blustered open been pushed me aside and screamed back at me. My God, billy, you've shot our best friend. I was in shock, disbelief. As I observed. Sheriff Whitney Gasp for air in the middle of the street. I look down at the mortally wounded sheriff as bystanders crowded around him. Cherif Whitney motioned over for long Jack to come closer. Long Jack, kneel next to him. He did not mean it whispers. Whitney, it was accidental sin for my wife and baby. Despite the shooting. Being accidental been forced me on a horse in order me to flee town. He told me to go to the house, packed my belongings, and say goodbye to Libyan rants. Still in a drunken state. I decided not to do as I was told I was angry, bitter, and needed a better choice. Our road over to Joe Brendan's place and decided I would take his wife with me. Joe was out front and attended to the down sheriff while I entered the back door. Brendan's place aqap molly by surprise,

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and she agreed to go with me. I was now an outlaw on the run with Molly Brennan, another man's wife. I found out later that Sheriff Whitney died on August 18th, 18, 73. His death result in an a$300 reward being placed on my head. Ben moved out of Ellsworth a few months later. Molly and I went back to Texas for the next session.

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Real years. Molly and I lived on the run from law man and bounty hunters. We traveled from one town to another. We stayed wherever she could find work and I could find a gambling table. In June 18, 74, I narrowly escaped capture and Austin, Texas. Later that same year, I was captured in mountain city, Texas, but escape with molly and fled to San Antonio in San Antonio. Molly worked at the long horse, Bravo and I became involved with a feud between molly and another prostitute to resolve the confrontation. I hit the prostitute across the face. How's now back on the run when to city police officers responded in which again I escaped. Mali became tired and after two years on the run, we were broke and I needed a job. Molly returned ellsworth and 18 slash 74 and I returned to the cattle, drives moving north into Texas living, moved on to dodge city and established her trade. She knew I would eventually end up on the cattle trails and this letter to set up and dive city. Libby was popular with their patrons. 10 made a decent living in her profession. She gained her famous moniker in dodge city because of her fondness for prairie dogs. She thought they were cute and made good bets. She raised them and kept them in a cage. They often became very fat under her care and curled up in her lap like a dog, and she even walked him on a leash.

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She began going by the name Alice for job and one night to half drunk and man came upon her fondling one of her beloved pets, thanking her patch, look like squirrels, and noticing the gap in her front teeth. Gave her name, this duck squirrel to Dallas, well in dodge city, and libby made a fortune and saved every penny in hopes of setting up a future business. My brother met up with libby and Mobeetie, Texas. She knew from some of her clients a trading post being constructed near sweetwater creek and the Texas panhandle, the trading bows to be connected to dodge city by the Jones plumber. Trail. Lady told Ben a man by the name of Charles Wrath and formed a partnership with the post traders. The bose traders. Lee in rentals had ordered construction material from dodge city and to put up a supply and hide buying store on the creek, five miles from the post lady packed up her bags and left dodge city where the intentions of purchasing some land in the area as setting up a business next to the trading post. My brother Ben sent word to. I purchased

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a wagon in Newton, Kansas, and in the cover of night I traveled to Ellsworth, the big up Molly Brennan. By the time molly and I arrived in February of 1875. A little settlement had been established on sweetwater creek along the north fork of the Red River. The Ralph store was open for business and the Tom Loughlin restaurant and boarding house brought in the guest. The offloads, built their restaurant and boarding house out of bigots and sawed wh weed and constructed a saloon and was selling whiskey. Small settlement made first a buffalo hunter and a trapper camp was unofficially called high town. Most of the residents in the settlement used buffalo hides in the construction of their dwellings and the Chinese laundry mat had been established work atonement about two miles northeast. Hyde town had been constructed in June. The purpose of fork Potomac was do establish law and order in the region. The first buildings at the fort were made of sharpen cotton wood posts placed in the ground. It close intervals joined by polls fast and across the top. After molly and I took a quick tour of the settlement, I accompanied her to Charlie Norton. This place there, I met libby. Libby and I discussed the idea of purchasing some land in setting up a saloon. She told me she had acquired a large amount of money and with partnership we can build the Lady Gay Saloon. You soon met up with a good friend, Henry Fleming, and started construction of a saloon made from adobe sod blocks. Libya suggested the dance floor and we were afraid it in enough wood planks from Dodge city to build a 20 by 30 foot floor. The dance floor was located in the rear of the building. We also bought furniture, gambling equipment, a billiards table, and made arrangements for a gaggle of girls. The lady gay opened in October of 18, 76. Levy established herself as an entertainer. Fleming manage the lady gay and Iran, the gaming tables.