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Re: Joel McKee
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Earl, while these links do not answer your questions, they do give a little personal info on Joel McKee: (with mental images of Buffalo Bill!)
http://midvale.lili.org/files/midvale/Linder,WH;LinderTale.doc
Scroll about halfway down, reading under "The Colvin Tale"
"A word about his partner. His name was Joel McKee. He was a giant of a man, with long curly blond hair, of which he was very proud. Each morning before a long ride, he would wrap his curls in paper to keep the dust from getting on them. He was so proud of his hair and of his strength, he would have two men hang all their weight from his hair, then would get up and walk with them hanging on. Years later Cap was to learn that Joel McKee was a cousin of Cassey McKee Linder. In a letter to his cousin, Joel said, "Give my regards to my tried and true friend, Cap Haven"

Reading further:
"The partners got their horses back, but it didn't do them any good. The Governor immediately ordered their arrest on a charge of treason, (outfitting and arming an army without consent).
Cap and Joel spent eight months in prison before they were released. By the time they got their freedom their horses were scattered all over the West."

The 9-11-1874 Arizona Weekly Miner reported a Joel McKee was listed as one of several delinquent shareholders of Lone Star Mining Company assessment #10, that were to be sold at public auction at Mineral Park, Mohave Co, Arizona Territory in Oct 1874.
Mineral Park info, with photos and history:
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/mineralpark.html
and:
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3GMJ

It may be possible to track down more letters like the one Joel wrote to his cousin Cassie McKee Linder, mentioned above.

Fran Bolton

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