After the Chicago Fire in 1871, he drifted west as far as the North Platte River where he met and entertained such early celebrities as Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack, Wild Bill Hickok and Duke Alexis of Russia.
(Texas Jack 's real name was John Baker Omohundro and had been in he Confederate Army as a teenager and was a well-known frontier scout, actor and cowboy.)
HAS OWNED MANY CARS
He purchased his first car 27 years ago, hoping that it would help in his business, but it couldn't climb hills. Three or four years later he bought another car and since then has owned many.
Mr. Woodworth returned only Thursday from a month's trip -- this time by train-- to the G.A.R. convention in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was one of those who balked at plans for a joint reunion in 1938 if the confederate veterans were allowed to march with their colors.
"I marched under those confederate colors once for a little ways," he told his comrades. "That was when I was captured at Holly Ridge, Mississippi on December 20, 1862. But I'll be damned if I'll march under those same colors again unless the circumstances are equally unfortunate."
--RoadDog
No comments:
Post a Comment