Frank Eaton autobiography : and related material, 1949-1966.

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Frank Eaton autobiography : and related material, 1949-1966.

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Recollections of his early life in Kansas; murder of his father; experiences with Indians in the Cherokee Nation; pursuit of his father's murderers; career as U.S. Deputy Marshal. Annotated by Eva O. Gillhouse. With this: Letters to Mrs. Gillhouse, photographs, and article on Eaton by Raymond R. Ross, published in The West, Oct. 1966.

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Ross, Raymond R.

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Eaton, Frank, b. 1860

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Frank Boardman Eaton was born October 26, 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut. When Frank was eight, the Eaton family moved to Twin Mounds, Kansas to homestead. Shortly thereafter Eaton witnessed his father's murder. He practiced his shooting and at the age of 15 engaged in gunfights to avenge his father's murder. Eaton served as a deputy U.S. Marshall in Indian Territory under the "hanging judge," Judge Isaac C. Parker. At 29, he joined the land rush to Oklahoma Territory. Eaton served as the model f...