This Day…

1863 – George A. Custer prepares to meet his end at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

1882 – Annie Oakley and Frank Butler are issued a marriage certificate in Ontario, Canada.  Although they were married in 1876, it is believed Frank Butler was not divorced from his first wife.

1849 – Cholera spreads to Texas, ravaging tribes, including the Comanche, Cheyenne, Apache, Kiowa, and Kiowa-Apache.

1850 – In San Francisco, a fire destroys some 300 buildings and 18 blocks of frame houses in 10 hours.  The damage is estimated to be over $5 million.

1861 – George A. Custer graduates last in his class of 34 at West Point.

1849 – Cholera spreads to Texas, ravaging tribes, including the Comanche, Cheyenne, Apache, Kiowa, and Kiowa-Apache.

1844-The Senate rejects the proposed Texas treaty by a vote of 35-16.  At the heart of the dispute is the issue of slavery:  The anti-slavery forces in the Senate convince the majority that admitting Texas as a slave state will lead to another confrontation between North and South.

1887-Ike Clanton was shot and killed while resisting arrest by Deputies Brighton and Miller at Wilson’s Ranch on the Blue River.

1870-Red Cloud visits President Grant in Washington D.C.

1863-Gold is discovered in the Idaho Territory by Bill Fairweather and outlaw John Wesley Harding is born in Bonham, Texas.