Jim Leavy was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1842. His name was often misspelled Levy and this has led some to believe he was Jewish. He came to America with his family in 1856 as a young man he drifted out west to Nevada and took a job as a miner in Pioche.
Outside the Midnight Star Saloon on the evening of May 30th, 1871, he saw two men having a heated argument. One of them, Mi
February 2017
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- Did Old West Towns Require Cowboys To Check Their Guns?
- What History Has Taught Me: Rex Allen Jr., Country Singer
- Western Events for February 2017
- Which U.S. Army Officer Had The Worst Attitude Toward Indians?
- Who Was William Preston Longley?
- What Is A High Shoulder Saddle?
- A Pistoleer Goes Semi Auto
- Where Was The Tombstone Jail?
- Little Houses on the Prairie
- Why In Bob Boze Bell’s Painting, Is Wild Bill Hickok’s Navy Colt Pointed To The Sky?
- The Wickedest Cattletown in Kansas
- Sold Off By Her Father
- What History Has Taught Me: Drew Gomber, History Buff
- A Stone Sentinel Stands Tall Again