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Alamo Fast Draw about John Chisum

29 September, 2008 (04:01) | History

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Alamo Fast Draw about John Chisum

John Chisum was born on 15th August, 1824 in Madison County. in 1837 the family moved to Texas were John Chisum found work as a building contractor. He also served as county clerk in Lamar County.

in 1854 Chisum began his career in the cattle business and was on the trial to becoming one of the first to send a herd of cattle to New Mexico. John bought land along the Pecos River and eventually became the owner of a large ranch with over 100,000 head of cattle.

John Chisum was a business associate of Alexander McSween but McSweens role in the  Lincoln County War is unknown. On the 1st October 1878 Lewis Wallace took office as Governor of New Mexico, and proclaimed an amnesty for all those participants in the feud. Although after Billy the Kid surrendered to the authorities, he was informed he would be charged for the killing of William Brady.

Billy the Kid escaped from jail and went to see John Chisum. Billy believed that Chisum owed him $500 but Chisum refused to pay. Billy promising to steal enough cattle to make up the $500 sum. Billy the Kid held true to his word with the help of a gang that included Dave Rudabaugh, Billy Wilson, Tom O'Folliard and Charles Bowdre. Billy and his gang also rustled  from other cattlemen in the area and became a serious problem in Lincoln County.

John Chisum was instrumental  in getting Pat Garrett elected as sheriff of Lincoln County in 1880. Garrett immediately started out with attempting to deal with the problems Billy the Kid had been causing. Pat Garrett killed two of the Kid's gang in December 1880, Tom O'Folliard and Charles Bowdre. Shortly after Billy the Kid, Billy Wilson and Dave Rudabaugh were captured by Garratt.

John Chisum died on the 20th of December 1884 in Eureka Springs. Chisum was unmarried and left his estate worth $500,000 to his brothers.

Note From Alamo Fast Draw: How In this group would you call a Gunfighter? Here is my opinion.

John Chisum  Not a Gunfighter Dave Rudabaugh   Not a  Gunfighter

Alexander McSween  Not a Gunfighter Billy Wilson   Not a  Gunfighter

Lewis Wallace  Not a Gunfighter Tom O'Folliard  Not a  Gunfighter

Billy the Kid  Yes a Gunfighter Charles Bowdre Not a  Gunfighter

Pat Garret  Yes a Gunfighter

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