This Day…

1871 John Wesley Hardin arrives in Abilene .

1868 “Decoration Day”, later called Memorial Day is first observed in Northern US states.

1902 The Virginian is published,

1900 – President William McKinley signed the Lacey Act, 16 U.S.C. § 3371–3378, to defend fauna from poachers. It banned the illegal commercial transportation of wildlife. The conservation law was introduced by Iowa Rep. John F. Lacey. It has been amended several times. The most significant times were in 1969, 1981, and in 1989.

1865 Flag flown at full mast over White House for the first time since Lincoln was shot.

1539 Black Spanish explorer Estevan is reported killed.

1871 Chief Satanta massacres teamsters.

1861 William Fetterman joins the U.S. Army .

1896 Western writer Mari Sandoz is born.

1887 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show opens.