In a message dated 6/22/01 10:57:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << The The Anti-Horse Thief Association prospered in the Missouri hills which produced bandits such as the James and Younger brothers. By 1885 there were 184 sub-orders with 4,973 members, which expanded to 7,055 by 1890. This phenomenal growth extended beyond the borders >> LOL, I take it this was not a good thing???? Juanita Jones Johnson