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The Canyon Diablo shootout was a gunfight between American lawmen and a pair of bandits that occurred on April 8, 1905, in the present-day ghost town of Canyon Diablo, Arizona. On the night before, two men named William Evans and John Shaw robbed a saloon in Winslow and made off with at least $200 in coins. Two lawmen pursued the bandits and on ...
Cowboys hold up the corpse of outlaw John Shaw, who died in the Canyon Diablo shootout, 1905. The ramshackle camp of railroad workers originated in 1880, due to the construction of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad bridge over a large canyon named Canyon Diablo. The temporary community assumed the name of the canyon that stood in the way of the ...
John Shaw (physician) (1792–1827), Scottish surgeon and anatomist; John Shaw Jr. (1803–1870), English architect; John Shaw, killed in the Canyon Diablo shootout in 1905, and subject of a famous postmortem photograph; John Shaw, accomplice of English murderer Geoffrey Evans; John Cargyll Shaw (1845–1900), neurologist; John E. Shaw, U.S ...
Canyon Diablo, Arizona: 21 March 1889 William D. Sitrin, “Long John” Halford, John J. Smith, and D.M. Haverick A group of 4 robbers robbed an Atlantic and Pacific train and stole $1,000. [23] Canyon Diablo, Arizona: April 1889 James Lee James Lee robbed a train in the Canyon Diablo and went on the run until his capture in January 1890. [24]
Diablo Canyon Power Plant in 2008. (Associated Press) The dust-up at the state Capitol over nuclear power is the direct result of politicians either setting unrealistic goals or failing to plan ...
Still, some consumer advocacy groups are calling on legislators like state Sen. John Laird, who represents the Central Coast, to reexamine whether there really is a need to keep Diablo Canyon open ...
John Lindsey. We are entering uncharted territory. After nearly six years of preparations to shut down the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, a bill nearing a vote in Sacramento has been drafted ...
This is a list of Old West gunfights.Gunfights have left a lasting impression on American frontier history; many were retold and embellished by dime novels and magazines like Harper's Weekly during the late 19th and early 20th century.