That’s great! I’m going to read it all.
He was an amazing man. Won and lost fortunes from Alaska to Central America. In a gunfight at the bottom of a silvermine. Lots of mining analysis articles in journals. Cowrote with a western poet about what to take with you on a prospecting trip. Had the front page of inside sections of newspapers with leadins from famous westerners describing him. Wrote about the new airplanes being used for the airmail service between Reno and Oakland, hanging out at the airport to get to know the pilots. Deputy sheriff multiple times, including in Reno. People still wrote about him 20 years after his death. Used to carry the flag in the Armistice parade until they wouldn’t let him enlist again in the 2nd WW just because he was 78. Spanish American War and WWI. Buddies with Jack Demsey. Known for his stetson and long-barreled, single-action Colt .45.