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5/28 of… 1830

Congress passes Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act calling for forcible removal to west of the Mississippi River. In the next ten years, thousands will be driven from their historic lands. (see also: Wk. 02/28/1823 & Wk. 11, 03/18/1831)  {001}

1864

Montana Territory incorporated. (Organized out of the existing Idaho Territory)  {001}

1894

William Dowdle the missing stage robber from the Angels Camp holdup attempt (see: Wk. 20, 05/19/1894), captured in a chicken coop. He names Amos Bierer as a co-conspirator. Both are convicted and sent to Folsom Prison. Dowdle is paroled in 1902 and Bierer in 1903.  {001}

1971

Audie Leon Murphy, age 44, died in a plane crash near Catawba VA. Medal of Honor recipient, most decorated soldier in WWII. Western music composer, movie star, (44 films, 33 were Westerns): No Name on the Bullet (1959), Hell Bent for Leather (1960), Posse from Hell (1961. He also starred in a short-lived Western detective TV series titled Whispering Smith (1961). TYH!  {001}