gobs
Re: Coeur d' Alene , Idaho
Fri Feb 17, 11:01

Thanks again Robert ... I had my suspicions about then Earp neophyte Isenberg and presumed he got his information second-hand
There's nothing in there that Tefertiller hasn't covered, but according to this book Earp first met Ferguson on the way to Rathdrum before Coeur d'Alene ... Ferguson was with his partners, Jack Enright and Alfred Holman

Wyatt Earp & Coeur d'Alene Gold!
Stampede To Idaho Territory
Jerry Dolph & Arthur Randall
Published by Eagle City, 1999 [2000]
ISBN 10: 0-9671058-0-3 ISBN

  • Coeur d' Alene , Idaho — Robert Buckley, Thu Feb 16 18:06
    In this newspaper, D.S. Miller has returned to Lake Valley, New Mexico from Coeur d'Alene,Idaho. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87090373/1884-10-10/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1881&index=2&rows... more
    • Coeur d' Alene , Idaho — gobs, Sat Feb 18 8:14
      Fairly recent book Deborah Cuyle - Murder & Mayhem In Coeur d'Alene & the Silver Valley The History Press (July 4, 2022) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1467149136 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1... more
      • Coeur d' Alene , Idaho — gobs, Wed Mar 01 11:54
        Big disappointment ... short sensationalist stories ... no index ... repeats the "fact" that Wyatt was a claim jumper rather than the whole legal entanglements involved ... see "Wyatt Earp & Coeur D'Alene... more
        • There was more than one suit filed — Butch Badon, Fri Mar 10 13:19
          against Wyatt Earp. And most of those suits were still pending when Wyatt Earp left that area. Eventually, Wyatt lost most of those suits, but it didn't matter. Wyatt had picked those claims clean and... more
          • There was more than one suit filed — gobs, Fri Mar 10 14:27
            Butch ... all I CLAIMED is that the article repeats the "fact" that Wyatt was a claim jumper rather than the whole legal entanglements involved ... in a battle between a multitude of claim jumpers and... more
            • Yes — Butch Badon, Sun Apr 09 18:06
              And my only point was an is that Wyatt Earp was a claim jumper. One can take the position that he was challenging Prichard's claims - and Prichard made more than one claim. Prichard eventually won all... more
              • Yes — gobs, Mon Apr 10 3:59
                Butch ... All I've ever ascertained is that Prichard and his associates [it isn't clear who actually discovered the initial claims) made countless illegal claims by proxy for people living outside the... more
      • Re: Coeur d' Alene , Idaho — Robert Buckley, Sat Feb 18 14:31
        Thanks Gobs...I've been looking at contemporary newspaper accounts of Dan Ferguson killing Thomas Steele . The newspapers state that Dan Ferguson was 23 years old and from Nebraska . His father's name... more
        • Stuart Lake letter — Benjamin Harleman, Sat Feb 18 23:59
          Gobs and Robert, Silva cites a letter from Stuart Lake saying that Danny Ferguson served with Wyatt as deputy sheriffs in Coeur d'Lane, so it sounds like that makes it a lock. However, I'm curious what... more
    • Re: Coeur d' Alene , Idaho — gobs, Fri Feb 17 11:01
      • Re: Re: Coeur d' Alene , Idaho — Benjamin Harleman, Sun Feb 19 0:12
        Thanks for the insight here. I have the Coeur d'Lane Gold book, but unfortunately I only have a handful of my books with me at the moment due to a lot of traveling. Ben