Johnny Ringo (May 3, 1850 - July 11, 1882), : Louis LAmour wrote that he had found nothing in Old West history to commend John Ringo as a particularly noteworthy badman. According to LAmour, Ringo was a surly, bad-tempered man who was worse when he was drinking, and that his main claim to fame was shooting the unarmed Louis Hancock in an Arizona territory saloon in 1879 for ordering beer after Ringo told him to order whiskey. LAmour wrote that he did not understand how Ringo earned such a strong reputation as a bad man in legend. Other authors have concluded that perhaps Ringos memorable name, coupled with his confrontations with the canonically good Earp brothers, contributed to his latter-day reputation. [Evidently his body was not found until three days following his death.] - Thanks to Rachel Ann Gray for this reminder. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Ringo
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 13:22:47 +0000
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