In your June 2013 gunfighter graves article, the marker for Liver-Eating Johnson reads “Johnston.” Which is correct? Joe Yarchin Mesa, Arizona The question about whether the mountain man’s last name was Johnson or Johnston has come up a number of times. “All the vintage accounts had him as Johnson, and he often signed his name that way. However, he did sign it as Johnston on legal documents,” says Nathan Bender, former curator of the McCracken Research Library at the Buffalo Bil


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