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Love the double breasted coat & collar on the right.And then there are these two Dandies...... View attachment 521758
The one on the left is especially well heeled!!!
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Legend has it that JFK single-handedly killed the hat industry by being the first President not to wear a hat to his inauguration. Whilst JFK did wear a hat en route to the ceremony, he removed it before addressing the crowd, prompting the myth, that in the years following, he was the cause of the decline of hat wearing.
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Oliver Milton Lee (1865 - 1941)
NM rancher, deputy US Marshall, & along with two other ranchers were defendants in the Lincoln county NM Range War disappearance & murder of Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain & his 8 yr old son. Their remains were never found. Lee & the other two ranchers were arrested by Sheriff Pat Garrett after a shootout that resulted in the death of Deputy Sheriff Kurt Kearney. Lee & the other two defendants were acquitted at trial. Lee would later serve in the New Mexico Senate.
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Today the state of New Mexico has a memorial state park named after Oliver M. Lee. A mural of Lee at the dedication.
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Interesting story!Frederick Wadsworth Loring (1848-1871)
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American journalist, novelist & poet. While working as a correspondent for Appleton’s Journal, Loring was sent on the US Army Corps of Engineers cartographic expedition of Arizona led by Lt George M. Wheeler, in the Spring of 1871. The Wheeler Expedition had a rough go of it but Loring managed to file four columns for Appleton’s Journal. In August Loring would file what was to be his fourth & final column titled "The Valley of Death” from Death Valley.
On Nov 5 the expedition was attacked by a group of Yavapai Indians near Wickenburg in route to La Paz. The expedition was traveling in a dry wash & the Yavapai attacked from high ground. At the time of the attack Loring was riding on the top of the stagecoach in the open. The driver, Loring, & four other passengers riding in the coach were killed. Two passengers managed to jump from the coach on the opposite side from the firing & escape. There were 24 ****** holes in the side of the coach. The attack became known as the Wickenburg Massacre.
The pic of Loring was taken that morning only hrs before his death. Picture & hat are in the possession of the Loring family descendants. The hat is said to have four ****** holes thru it.
John Lofgren Monkey Boots Shinki Horsebuttt - $1,136 The classic monkey boot silhouette in an incredibly rich Shinki russet horse leather.
Grant Stone Diesel Boot Dark Olive Chromexcel - $395 Goodyear welted, Horween Chromexcel, classic good looks.
Schott 568 Vandals Jacket - $1,250 The classic Perfecto motorcycle jacket, in a very special limited-edition Schott double rider style. Only 22 yrs old at the time of his death.Interesting story!