John J. Kloehr was a prominent citizen of Coffeyville, Kansas, a man who owned a sizable livery operation. When the Dalton Gang tried to rob both banks on October 5, 1892, Kloehr was asleep at the stables until somebody woke him. He ran to the fight and opened up.
In some remembrances 14 years later, Kloehr claimed to have been the man who killed four o

True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows