Hi Sandi, I live in Rush Springs. Maybe I can help. Tammy SandKatC@aol.com wrote: > Hi Mandy: > > Thanks for sharing. I'm really interested in the Jesse James gang, not only > because two of my relatives, John Rice Maupin and his brother, William, ran > with them, but they use to stop in Rush Springs at my GG uncle's farm. He > was Silas Edward "Buck" Fitzpatrick. One of his descendants has an account > of those visits he is going to snail mail to me. > > Since my G granddaddy was Uncle Buck's brother and married a Maupin who was a > second cousin once removed of John Rice and William Maupin, I'm wondering if > that's one reason the James gang picked the farm to stop off by. It would > only seem normal that the Maupins who went to Indian Territory would know all > others in their family. > > So, that leaves me to wonder if the visits from that gang were friendly or > hostile? I've yet to go to Rush Springs where that section of the family > still lives and want to this coming June while in OK. Until then I'm left to > wonder if that area was just one of the safer places for gangs to stop back > then. From what I've read they liked places where there were hills, or, high > places for their lookouts to watch out for lawmen. > > A Maupin cousin from John Rice Maupin's section sent me a long article on the > Colbert Ferry as John was involved in that area and time and married Helen > Eastman, in the Colbert family. But, a lot of the various sections of my > family married into the Colbert family. They must have been a huge family > out there! > > I've read two books on Indian Territory dealing with hanging Judge Isaac > Charles Parker and I had no idea just how bad it was out there in those > times. It's a wonder our old ones survived! > > Sandi :) > > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > Check out the Oklahoma's main web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/ > Lots of Native American Links there.