Legendary figures in the Old West came about gaining public recognition in a variety of ways.  Many came about it by self-promotion.  Some, like Custer and Billy the Kid became legends after they died with their boots on.  Others, like Jim Bridger and Kit Carson were glorified by dime novelists like Ned Buntline.  Pauline Weaver, Ewing Young and Tom Fitzpatrick were great pathfinders never got the recognition they so richly deserved but perhaps the most deserving of them all was Antoine Lero


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