Why were post-mortem photos taken of Harvey Logan a.k.a. Kid Curry?Juha NakariUnited KingdomI went to Wild Bunch historian Dan Buck for this one. He tells me that the post-mortem photos were taken to figure out the identity of a dead bandit who had shot himself to avoid capture after robbing a train near Parachute, Colorado, on June 7, 1904.You see, people were claiming the man was a number of bandits. Buck says the best evidence, though, suggests the man was Harvey Logan.Pinkerton Detective Low

July 2012
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- Sieber Goes Down
- Why were post-mortem photos taken of Harvey Logan a.k.a. Kid Curry?
- How much did a good cowboy hat cost, and how long did it last?
- What were the pay scales for Old West lawmen?
- Did cowboy poets perform in the Old West?
- What happened to real-life saloon owner Al Swearengen, famously portrayed in HBO’s Deadwood?
- Cheyenne: The Complete Third Season
- Monogram Cowboy Collection, Vol. 2
- The Big Trail
- Welcome to Hard Times / Day of the Evil Gun
- Harley Brown
- 10 for 10: Coeur d’Alene, ID
- West’s Best Greasy Spoons
- The Corny Old West
- A Proud People
- Mr. Hornaday’s War
- If Walls Could Talk
- Lord of Lightning
- Sioux War Dispatches
- Here Lies Hugh Glass
- The Legacy of the Ranger Belt
- Up and Down in the Black Hills
- West From Salt Lake
- July 2012 Events
- Fireworks & Festivities
- The Peacemaker’s Clone
- Was Geronimo a Drunk?
- Honorable Warriors
- Gunfight at the Eco-Corral
- Warner Bros. Theater Screenings
- Hollywood’s Honest Abe
- Phil Collins