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Offline kevin.303

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« on: December 20, 2003, 06:59:59 AM »
i'll give this a try. i've been following these but for the few that i recognized i wa beaten to the draw. should be easy for you hombres

     born in tennessee in 1835 his family moved to texas when he was four. at the outbreak of war he joined the confederate army and deserted soon after. he then joined the union army and deserted to spend the remainder of the war riding with border raiders. in 1864 after leaving the confedarte army he was drinking in a bar in spanish bluffs arkansas still in his uniform. when 4 federal soldiers entered the room he pulled his pistol and killed 3 before escaping. after the war he returned to texas and lead a gang that was wanted for several murders and other violent crimes. in 1869 he was gunned down by a posse of 5 men including his father in law.on his corpse they found a shotgun 4 revolvers 3 derringers, and 6 pocket knives.

  who is he and what was his nickname?
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« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2003, 12:17:43 PM »
Cullen Montgomery Baker was his name.  Don't know what his nickname was.  I've seen the account you gave pertaining to his death.  Leon Metz, however, in his Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters states:  "On 6 January, 1869, in Cass County, Thomas Orr, whom Baker had once tried to hang, allegedly killed him by lacing Baker's liquor with strichnine.  Many years later, author Louis L'Amour memorialized Baker in his novel The First Fast Draw."

Good subject selection for your post.
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« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2003, 12:43:23 PM »
Was his nickname Swamp Fox of the Sulphur River?
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« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2003, 03:52:01 PM »
"Sugar Plum?"
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« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2003, 10:36:59 AM »
could there be two cullen bakers or one imposter?
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« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2003, 06:49:51 AM »
he was also known as the swamp fox of the sulphur. i've read the first fast draw and i've read the actual story of bakers life and Lamour made him out to be a better person then i think he actually was.
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Baker's Grave
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2004, 10:26:54 AM »
He's buried right by the front gate at the Jefferson Cemetery in Jefferson, Texas.
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