Week 14: April
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4/2 of… 1901
William ‘Will’ Carver, an original member of The Black Jack Ketchum Gang and later “The Wild Bunch”, shot to death by Sheriff Elijah S. Briant while Carver was trying to case the local bank for a robbery; Sonora, TX. {001}
1909
The Spring Creek Raid, Nowood Valley, WY; Joe Allemand’s sheep camp is assaulted by seven masked riders. Two sheep wagons are burned; Allemand, Joe Lazier (Allemands nephew) and Jules Emge are killed. Several local cowboys are later convicted of the crimes. Public outrage over the incident brings an end to the violent confrontations and attacks on sheepmen. {001}
1932
Bill Pickett, age 61, kicked in the head and killed by a bronco. Black (African, white and Cherokee) rodeo cowboy (inventor of Bulldogging, 
he bit ‘em on the lip!), performed in the 101 Wild West Show (c. 1907) and Pickett Brothers Bronco Busters and Rough Riders Association, also in two early westen movies: The Crimson Skull (1921) and The Bull Dogger (1922). Inducted into the National Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1971. Buried on the 101 Ranch in Oklahoma. TYH! {001}
4/3 of… 1855
A patent is issued to Rollin White, #12648, for
