This Day…

1896 Bill Doolin escapes from jail .

1809 Chief Tecumseh urges Indians to unite against whites .

1835 Texan William Travis prepares for war with Mexico .

1876 Reno takes command of 7th Cavalry .

1979 John Wayne dies

1922 Discoverer of Klondike Gold dies .

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.