Sandi, Thank you for letting me know that information. I think that it's very interesting. But, I am glad that I wasn't born back in those days. When I was younger, I used to tell my mother that I wished that I was. But, she would tell me that I should be glad that I wasn't. She said that life was rough back in the old days....none of the necessities that we have now. Whew....it was pretty rough. Thanks again. And, in the future, like when you get the information from you cousin, you could send it to this address: doctmous@yahoo.com. OK? I would really appreciate it. Thank You, Mandy On Tue, 4 Apr 2000 12:42:44 EDT SandKatC@aol.com writes: > 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. >