Who was Tombstone cowboy Frank Patterson?
Alan Patterson
Bisbee, Arizona
Frank Patterson isn’t as well known as some of his pals, but he was around for several big moments in Tombstone’s turbulent times.
On November 9, 1879, Patterson and five others (including Frank Stilwell and Pete Spence) murdered J. Van Houten near the 1857 Brunckow silver mine near the Charleston road between Tombstone and Sierra Vista in Arizona. Nobody was convicted of the killing.
Patterson was also pre
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