This Day…

1836 – A Congressional resolution calls for recognition of Texas, but President Jackson declines.

1900 – Warren Earp, always a surly drunk, had been looking for a fight for several days with cowhand, Johnny Boyet.  Johnny finally gave it to him and when the smoke cleared Warren lay riddled with bullets on the floor of a saloon in Wilcox, Arizona.

1902-On hundred and fifty armed men stop fifteen herds of sheep that cross a ‘deadline’ in New Fork country of the Green River Valley, Wyoming.  The cattlemen shoot a herdsman, kill 2000 sheep, and scatter others.

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.