“The people of western Missouri are, in some respects, very peculiar. We will take Jackson county where I was born for instance. In that section the people seemed to be born fighters, the instinct being inherited from a long line of ancestors.” PeopleLongBornLinesInstinctWesternInstanceFighterPeculiarAncestorSectionsCountyMissouriLong Lines Author:Cole Younger
“Joe Smith and Brigham Young laid out Independence, but very soon thereafter enough citizens of the county collected to drive them off, after several stubborn fights.” EnoughYoungFightingCitizensIndependenceStubbornCounty Author:Cole Younger
