Eva Gillhouse material for her book, Pistol Pete, the autobiography of Frank Eaton : Las Vegas, Nev., 1949-1952.

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Eva Gillhouse material for her book, Pistol Pete, the autobiography of Frank Eaton : Las Vegas, Nev., 1949-1952.

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Includes notes, pictures and maps of the Cherokee Strip, 1874-1903. Drafts and proofsheets of the manuscript. Correspondence for research and with publishers. Many letters and suggestions from Ned Bradford, Little, Brown and Company.

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Gillhouse, Eva

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Bradford, Ned, 1911-1979

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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...