In 1861 this great-great-grandfather of astronaut Bruce McCandless was killed by this "Wild" gunslinger near Fairbury
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'To Face Their Wives': 30 Years Since First Untethered Spacewalk ...  Feb 1, 2014 ... It would be flown by astronauts Bruce McCandless and Bob Stewart, during ... His great-great-grandfather, David Colbert McCanles, was a Nebraska ... Gang, was infamously killed by Wild Bill Hickok in December 1861.
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McCanles Gang - Wikipedia  The McCanles Gang or McCandless Gang was an alleged outlaw gang active in the early 1860s that was accused of train robbery, bank robbery, cattle rustling, horse theft, and murder. On July 12, 1861, some of its supposed members, including alleged leader David McCanles, were killed by "Wild Bill" Hickok ... and Pony Express station in southern Nebraska, near present-day Fairbury.
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Bruce McCandless - Wikipedia  Sir Henry Hudson Kitson (Maternal great uncle) Captain Willis W. Bradley, USN (father-in-law). Bruce McCandless I (August 12, 1911  January 24, 1968) was an officer of United States Navy ... Died, January 24, 1968(1968-01-24) (aged 56) ... McCandless was the father of NASA astronaut, CAPT Bruce McCandless II, USN...
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Jeopary Questions page 551 - FUN IN THE "SON" - TriviaBistro.com  FAIRBURY, NEBRASKA: In 1861 this great-great-grandfather of astronaut Bruce McCandless was killed by this "Wild" gunslinger near Fairbury.
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Byron McCandless - Wikipedia  Grandfather of Bruce McCandless II, NASA astronaut. Commodore Byron McCandless (September 5, 1881  May 30, 1967) was a longtime U.S. ... His grandfather was David McCanles, who was killed by Wild Bill Hickok in 1861 at the ... Academy in 1905, McCandless sailed with the Great White Fleet on the USS Maine.
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Byron McCandless - Wikipedia  Grandfather of Bruce McCandless II, NASA astronaut. Commodore Byron McCandless (September 5, 1881  May 30, 1967) was a longtime U.S. ... McCandless also patented several other inventions, including a camera and other photographic equipment, ... Byron McCandless died on May 30, 1967 in Mariposa, California.
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"Wild Bill" Hickok - Wikipedia  James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, also "J.B. Hickok" for his signature name (May 27, 1837 ... James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, photograph date unknown ... In 1876, Hickok was shot from behind and killed while playing poker in a saloon in ... The hand of cards which he supposedly held at the time of his death (including the ace...
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Will Rogers and Wiley Post crash in Alaska, 1935 | Millard Fillmore's ...  Aug 15, 2008 ... After Mark Twain died, America found another great humorist, ... Will Rogers is most famous today for his sentiment that he never met a man he didn't like. ... Wiley Post was known as one of the best pilots in America. ... On August 15, 1935, their airplane crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska, killing them both.
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Another Moonwalker Gone: Apollo 14 Astronaut Ed Mitchell Has ...  Feb 5, 2016 ... Fellow Apollo 14 astronaut (and first American in space) Al Shepard died in 1998 at the age of 74; CM pilot Stu Roosa passed away in 1994 at...
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The Truth about Jesse James - Eyes on Texas  Eyes on Texas look at the possibility Jesse James is buried in Granbury ... Then, some say, Bob Ford, a former friend, took his life by gunshot in April of 1882 in Missouri. ... J. Frank Dalton traveled from town to town and claimed to be the real Jesse ... Hardcastle also states that after Jesse staged his death he married several...
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Law West of the Pecos | Chris Enss  Aug 5, 2015 ... With the passing of Judge Roy Bean, who referred to himself as the Law West of ... finding on the corpse a pistol and $40 in cash, proclaimed the dead man guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and fined him $40, which was ... 1903; no friends from the Langtry, Texas, community where he had resided;...
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NASA - Alan Shepard, First American Astronaut, Dies at 74  July 22, 1998 ... Alan B. Shepard, Jr., the first American to fly in space and one of only 12 humans who ... Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Louise, and their family. ... His flight followed by three weeks the launch of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri ... which made the astronaut an instant hero and a household name, President...
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J! Archive - Show #3880, aired 2001-06-15  In 1861 this "Wild" gunslinger killed David McCanles & 2 others near ... This fastest feline is now endangered with an estimated 13,000 remaining in the wild...
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Wild Bill Hickok  Davis Tutt shootout - Wikipedia  The Wild Bill Hickok  Davis Tutt shootout was a gunfight that occurred on July 21, 1865 in the town square of Springfield, Missouri between Wild Bill Hickok and cowboy Davis Tutt. It is one of the few recorded instances in the Old West of a one-on-one pistol quick-draw duel in ... Tutt reportedly replied only with an "ugly grin" and left the premises with the...
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McCanles Massacre - WPA Interview in 1938 - Legends of America  David C. McCanles was killed by Wild Bill Hickok. at Rock Creek, Nebraska in 1861. The first account of the affair we take from an old history published about 1882, ... Two of the other men were killed and one got away. ... of David McCanles, killed by Wild Bill, appeared in the Fairbury Journal of Sept, 25, 1930, states this:.
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Earp Vendetta Ride - Wikipedia  The Earp Vendetta Ride was a search by Deputy U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp, leading a federal posse, for outlaw Cowboys they believed had ambushed and maimed Virgil Earp and killed Morgan Earp. The Earp brothers had been attacked in retaliation for the deaths of three ... On March 20, two days after Morgan's murder, Wyatt, his brothers Warren...
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'Jesse James was my grandfather'; Finch is one of many who say ...  Mar 3, 2007 ... After the Civil War, Jesse and several of his fellow bushwhackers, including ... was J. Frank Dalton, who died in 1951 and is buried in Granbury, Texas. ... Courtney died in 1943, and never claimed publicly that he was the outlaw. ... been killed in 1882; Will James died in 1945, Finch said, at 104 years old,...
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Wild Bill Hickok's first gunfight - Jul 12, 1861 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Wild Bill Hickok's first gunfight on Jul 12, 1861. ... 29  30  31 ... Across the creek lived Dave McCanles, a mean-spirited man who disliked ... He arrived at the station with two other men and his 12-year-old-son and ... account of the shoot-out which claimed Hickok had single-handedly killed nine men.
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These badass women inspired 'Astronaut Wives Club' | New York Post  Jun 12, 2015 ... They died five weeks apart in 1998. ... by Azure Parsons Annie was the envy of the other wives for her picture-perfect marriage to John Glenn,...
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10 Things You Didn't Know About the Old West - History Lists  Sep 17, 2013 ... Explore 10 true stories of the Wild West, some of them stranger than fiction. ... He was buried at the famous Boot Hill cemetery in Dodge City, Kansas, 66 years after his death. .... to capitalize on its success by creating the Broncho Billy persona. ... A court even allowed him to legally adopt the bandit's name.
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Find A Grave - Mount Moriah Cemetery  8 records ... Browse by Cemetery: Mount Moriah Cemetery ... Attention:You are browsing our famous burial locations. If you are ... Befriending Wild Bill Hickok and after Hickok's death in...[Read More] ... Canary, Martha Jane 'Calamity Jane' b. May 1 ... In 1865 the family moved to Virginia City, Montana, and her mother died.