Oh, from my reading.....
I have gathered that Mr. Hardin was rather easy to rile.
I have gathered that Mr. Hardin was rather easy to rile.
John Westley Hardin
- Thread starter OLDNAVYMCPO
- Start date
I have Hardin's auto biography an interesting read.
Whe the Gene Autry museum last year I saw the Hardin guns again. In the case is Hardin's .45 (behind George Scarborough's shotgun), The plain .45 Selman used to kill Hardin, and the pearl handled .45 Scarborough used to kill Selman. I spent some time gawking at these amazing historical guns used by three very tough Texans.
I wonder what would have happened to Patton if he had told Scarborough that his pearl handled pistol looked like something a New Orleans pimp would carry. Larry
Hardin wrote.....
Hardin wrote an autobiography?????
Looked it up. Yes, he wrote it in prison.
Hardin wrote an autobiography?????
Looked it up. Yes, he wrote it in prison.
Last edited:
the ringo kid
Member
- Joined
- May 12, 2013
- Messages
- 20,895
- Reaction score
- 22,823
According to a Time-Life commercialfrom the late 70s or early 80s?that was advertising a series of books on the Wild West--the Commentater said that John Wesley Hardin killed a man "Just For Snoring Too Loud." I always thought that bit of the commercial was funny.
feralmerril
Absent Comrade
I had that book. In his auto biography he described the incident. He was in a hotel and some drummer was in the next room snoring keeping him awake. He said he shot through the wall and the snoring subsided for the night. Since then I have read accounts that he killed the guy. Could have I guess but somehow I think others read that and ran with it.
I remember that...
The ad does make it sound like he got up, grabbed his gun, walked over to the snorer and shot him dead.
At least in the Time Life book itself they told the truth.
According to a Time-Life commercialfrom the late 70s or early 80s?that was advertising a series of books on the Wild West--the Commentater said that John Wesley Hardin killed a man "Just For Snoring Too Loud." I always thought that bit of the commercial was funny.
The ad does make it sound like he got up, grabbed his gun, walked over to the snorer and shot him dead.
At least in the Time Life book itself they told the truth.
the ringo kid
Member
- Joined
- May 12, 2013
- Messages
- 20,895
- Reaction score
- 22,823
The ad does make it sound like he got up, grabbed his gun, walked over to the snorer and shot him dead.
At least in the Time Life book itself they told the truth.
I cant accurately remember the entire comment but I think it was: "John Wesley Hardin was so mean that he killed a man, Just For Snoring Too Loud."
As Oldnavymcpo says, he is buried in Concordia Cemetery.There's a six inch slab of poured concrete above it to insure the burial won't be disturbed; there was talk some years ago of his birthplace wanting him reinterred there for a tourist attraction, hence the slab. It's not uncommon to find in the morning a couple of shot glasses of whiskey left at his gravesite, or a pair of dice with the number he had just rolled when he was shot ( I forget the number, but his last words were "that's a ??? for you to beat")
THE PILGRIM
Member
How can you be a part-time prostitute, I wonder what she did with the rest of her time, sleep.
Politician?
Wyatt Burp
Member
That would make her a full time prostitute.
In before the Zombie Lock?
There is a subdivision in north Polk County called Hardin's Hideout.
Just sayin'.
There is a subdivision in north Polk County called Hardin's Hideout.
Just sayin'.
5Wire
Member
Hardin was a piece of excrement in boots. I'm sure I am in the minority, but why the glorification of the scum when there were plenty of great lawmen. Look at the list of lawmen he killed in the original post. Just my opinion.
Wyatt Burp
Member
I could have sworn I posted this here, but it's my "Wes Hardin" rig I made for cowboy shoots in the 80s modifying a thrift shop vest with support leather, skeletonized in back, with stitched on holsters. It is very comfortable and the guns hug the body.
Last edited:
the ringo kid
Member
- Joined
- May 12, 2013
- Messages
- 20,895
- Reaction score
- 22,823
How can you be a part-time prostitute, I wonder what she did with the rest of her time, sleep.
I think the term for them is: "Housewife hookers."
I read that John Selman said John Wesley Hardin saw him in the large mirror behind the bar and started going for his gun and that was how he got away with shooting Hardin in the back of the head.
