Sunday, August 15, 2010

The Sheriff of Bannock

Montana was isolated with little connection with the rest of the West.  That isolation led to many unsavory bandits  and marauders that found Montana country to be a prime place to operate. The greatest and most murderous of these gangs of organized thieves and bank robbers ever to operate in the West's gunpowder days was in Bannock.

Henry Plummer, was a charming psychopath who managed to con the citizens of Bannock into electing him sheriff from where he ran a highly organized dynasty of 100 highwaymen whose murders numbered into the hundreds and whose value was worth millions in stolen goods. Stage robbery was their game, and they were quite good at it.

Plummer was also quite adept at espionage and covered a wide part of Montana and nearby territory, from Salt Lake to Virginia City, confident that the meager law enforcement in the region was no match for him and his men. 

There was just one thing he didn't count on...next time. 

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