Ramblings of a writer/columnist/genealogist who's in love with the American West. By Myra Vanderpool Gormley℠ Certified Genealogist by the Board for Certification of Genealogists, 1987-2012, retired 2012. Retired "Shaking Your Family Tree" columnist and feature writer for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate and former editor of RootsWeb Review. Researching: Autry (Awtrey), Bankston, Connally, and Vanderpools.
23 January 2011
Kansas Gunsmoke
From the early days of Newton Earp (older half-brother of Wyatt Earp), the city's first marshal in 1883 who had to deal with loose stock, potholes, collecting taxes, enforcing the dog ordinance, and watering the city's precious trees, to a bleak night in November of 1959 when the grisly murder of four members of the Clutter family took place, the Garden City Police Department protected people and property and along the way created a rich history.
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