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Assisting in the capture of Geronimo; murdering Willie Nickell and killing his sister and his brother Thomas Horn Jr. , (November 21, 1860 – November 20, 1903) was an American scout , cowboy , soldier , range detective , and Pinkerton agent in the 19th-century and early 20th-century American Old West .
Joe Lefors (February 20, 1865 – October 1, 1940) was a lawman in the closing years of the Old West.He is best known for obtaining the confession that led to the conviction of gunman Tom Horn in 1903 for the alleged murder of 14-year-old sheepherder Willie Nickell.
George Wilmarth "Wiley" Nickel III [1] [2] (born November 23, 1975) is an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district from 2023 to 2025.
In 1901 14-year-old Willie Nickell, son of the only sheepherder in the Iron Mountain region, was shot and killed while riding his father's horse in search for a herd of sheep that went missing nearby.
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Willie Nile (born Robert Anthony Noonan; June 7, 1948) [1] is an American singer-songwriter. In 1980, Nile released his self-titled debut album. His early career was interrupted by various problems, but he eventually returned to recording and performing in the US and Europe, establishing himself as a singer-songwriter.
Kentucky historian W. Lynn Nickell asserted in 2012 that Paul Gilley was responsible for the lyrics to "They'll Never Take Her Love from Me," as well as several other country song hits. Gilley supposedly gave the handwritten lyric sheet to a neighbor girl, telling her the song would soon be playing on the radio and that it was proof that he had ...
Known at the recording studio as "Papa Willie", Mitchell earned his nickname by taking over the reins of Hi Records in 1970 and guiding it through its most successful period. Mitchell's productions have been much noted for featuring a hard-hitting bass drum sound (usually played by pioneering Memphis drummer Al Jackson, Jr. of Booker T. & the M ...