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Submitted: 7/8/12 • Approved: 10/4/12 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R2060-G0-S3
May 26, 1853 - Bonham, TX
August 19, 1895 - El Paso, TX
Historical Marker reads:
John Wesley Hardin
(May 26, 1853 - August 19, 1895
Born in Bonham, Texas, John Wesley Hardin
was named for the founder of Methodism.
"Wes" Hardin grew into a family man, cowboy,
and outlaw who claimed to have killed more
than 30 men. An unusual sort of gunslinger,
Hardin considered himself a pillar of society
who killed to save his own life. Hardin served
15 years in state prison for murder, was
pardoned, then opened a law office in El Paso
in May 1895. He was killed three months later by
John Selman, an El Paso constable.
Contributed on 7/8/12 by tomtodd
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