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August 02, 2004
Wild & Woolly
100 yrs. ago today:
Aug. 2, 1904 EUREKA SPRINGS — The crew of the St. Louis and North Arkansas mail train were assaulted by seven desperadoes, thought to be from Searcy County. The assault was a vicious, one and the brakeman was compelled to jump from the running train.
Searcy County is where I grew up. Heck, some of those 7 'desperadoes' were likely my mom's relatives.
Things haven't changed all that much either. We've had a whole passel of shootings and armed robberies lately....and Mike just called to tell me that the traffic jam he'd text messaged me about earlier was caused by a felony traffic stop, not highway construction. He said cops had two shirtless rednecks spread-eagled on the shoulder of the road, so the road should be cleared by the time I leave for class.
At least up here, they prolly aren't any of my relatives.
I hope.
Posted by Rita at August 2, 2004 07:49 AM
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If they do happen to be relatives, think you could find someone to represent them?
Posted by: Da Goddess at August 3, 2004 12:39 AM