[TheThirdRuffian]

He was Irish Catholic.

The Catholic/Anglican fight was a big part of the Lincoln County war.

Didn’t know this wasn’t well known already.

[Eli Kopter]

Since the Catholics sent so many missionaries out into the west, most of the Indians that became Christians were Catholic. In Oklahoma, there were many Indian Schools, including the one that Jim Thorpe went to that were started as Catholic Boys and Girls Schools, or Orphanages. In many ways, they opened the west for the rest of the U.S., including Jewish Traders, who set up Trading Posts before the US Forts were built, that were among the first white men to come there.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Yeah, me too.

[Pete Dovgan]

“The Catholic/Anglican fight was a big part of the Lincoln County war. “

Grew up in the southwest. Been to Lincoln county, never knew it was a religion played a role in the war, just greed.

[ifinnegan]

Billy the Kid worked for the Protestant.