Daniel Boone May: An Introduction

Howdy folks and greetings from the Great Plains of North Texas
where summer is over and it's cool and rainy here today!

When I was researching the Wild Bill Hickok story and his time in
Deadwood, South Dakota I uncovered another hero who made a
living by risking his life to protect passengers and money being
transported by stagecoach from the gold fields of Deadwood to the
city Cheyenne, Wyoming.

The stretch of that trail was almost 300 miles so it was long, hard and
dangerous. And of course a prime target for bandits and thieves.
That area was pretty much desolate with settlements few and far
between.

Deadwood stagecoach 1870's

Daniel Boone May was born in Kansas and was raised on a farm with
his 8 siblings. In 1876 Boone and two of his brothers decided to head
the the far West in search of new opportunities.

They were smart business wise too, it seems to me, because while one
brother headed to the gold fields near Deadwood the other two
brothers established two horse changing stations between Deadwood
and Cheyenne, which were seriously needed.

In the next post I will begin to tell the story of Boone and his time as a
guard on the stagecoach of the Cheyenne & Black Hills Stage Line.
He's an unsung hero and I think it's interesting that he got to
Deadwood the same year that Wild Bill Hickok died, in 1876.

Thanks for reading folks and stay tuned.
-jonboy Texas
the gentleman redneck

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