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| Directions: on US 377 S, about 9.5 miles SW of Junction | |
| Marker #: 5267003891 | |
| Year Dedicated: 1969 | |
| Size, type: 18 x 28" Subject | |
| Last reported condition: Faded; Refinish | |
| Doom of the Outlaws of Pegleg Station - Here the climax of a western track-down occurred on Jan.18, 1878, when Texas Rangers killed suspected murderer Dick Dublin, member of a gang of outlaws. Although a friend yelled for him to run, Dublin was shot (150 yds. S) as the intrepid James B. Gillett and 3 other Rangers rushed his hide-out (60 yds.E). Dick's brothers (Role and Dell), Mack Potter, and Rube Boyce were captured after a partner of the gang turned informer. Three of them (plus two others) were convicted Aug. 23-24, 1880, of the 1877 robbery of the U.S. Mail at Pegleg Station. (1969) | |
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Decimal degrees: N 30.391395 W -99.896752
Degrees, minutes: N 30 23.484 W 099 53.805 UTM: Zone 14, Easting 413850, Northing 3362497 |
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