William "Jack" Swilling was born on April 1, 1830, at Red House Plantation, Anderson, South Carolina, to George Swilling and Margaret Farrar Swilling, the...
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(Phoenix, Arizona) was a pioneer and the wife of Jack Swilling, the founder of Phoenix. Mrs. Swilling was involved in local civic activities and promoted...
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Tom Ketchum (redirect from Black Jack Ketchum)
Thomas Edward Ketchum (known as Black Jack; October 31, 1863 – April 26, 1901) was an American cowboy who later became an outlaw. He was executed in 1901...
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John Oberland Vermillion (c. 1845–1921), also known as "Texas Jack" or later as "Shoot-Your-Eye-Out Vermillion", was a gunfighter of the Old West known...
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Gillett, Arizona (section Jack Swilling)
saloons/gambling houses. Jack Swilling, the founder of Phoenix, and his wife Trinidad had various business interests in Gillett. The Swillings owned "Gillett Real...
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An early settler was Jack Swilling and his wife Trinidad Swilling, who moved there in 1871. The walls of his ranch house, Swillings Cabin – the community's...
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to being the lookout at Morgan's murder and identified Ringo, Stilwell, Swilling, and Brocius as Morgan's killers, The local posse pursued and came close...
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Phoenix, Arizona (redirect from Swilling's Mill)
farmhouse Swilling constructed became a frequently-visited location in the valley. Lord Darrell Duppa was one of the original settlers in Swilling's party...
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He deputized Holliday, Warren Earp, Sherman McMaster, and "Turkey Creek" Jack Johnson. After Morgan's murder, Wyatt Earp and his deputies guarded Virgil...
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Dead man's hand (redirect from Jacks and sevens)
where it was described as a "full house consisting of three jacks and a pair of tens". Jacks and sevens are called the dead man's hand in the 1903 Encyclopaedia...
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