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Tag: James R. Barton Los Angeles County Sheriff 1850s

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“In Defending This People From Danger”: The Barton Massacre of 23 January 1857, Part Six

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 29, 2023January 29, 2023
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“For Revenge on the Ones Who Have Slain Them”: The Barton Massacre of 23 January 1857, Part Five

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  • Posted on January 28, 2023January 29, 2023
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“Go Forth in the Names of the Brave Men They’ve Killed”: The Barton Massacre of 23 January 1857, Part Four

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 27, 2023
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“Rest Not Untill You Have Destroyed Them”: The Barton Massacre of 23 January 1857, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 26, 2023January 26, 2023
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“Go, Seek for the Inhuman, Ruffianly Horde”: The Barton Massacre of 23 January 1857, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 25, 2023
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“Aye, Revenge on Their Murderers!”: The Barton Massacre of 23 January 1857, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 23, 2023January 23, 2023
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“God Grant That Our Citizens May Never Witness the Like Again”: The Legal and Extralegal Executions of Felipe Alvitre and David Brown, 12 January 1855, Part Four

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 15, 2023
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“Let Us Be Ready, When the Time Arrives, To Act”: The Legal and Extralegal Executions of Felipe Alvitre and David Brown, 12 January 1855, Part Two

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  • Posted on January 12, 2023January 13, 2023
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“Great Excitement in Los Angeles—The People In Arms”: Read All About It in the “New York Tribune,” 9 February 1855

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 9, 2022February 10, 2022
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“Never So Daring An Outrage Upon a Community”: News of Murder from Los Angeles in the “New York Tribune,” 25 August 1853

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  • Posted on August 25, 2021
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