Ep 70: The Sheriff and Outlaw Henry Plummer Part 3
“The severest justice may not always be the best policy.”
- President Abraham Lincoln
Location: Nevada City, Montana. Settled on June 6, 1863, it was one of two major commerce towns in the territory, along with its sister city, Virginia City, MT. Presently, Nevada City has been restored as an Outdoor Living History Historical Museum and tourist attraction.
Background:
The case of Henry Plummer represents the gray area between due process and necessary action, depending on whether you view a rise in criminal activity as a matter for the justice system no matter how lacking, or local imperium no matter how brutal. In an interview with Frederick Allen, author of A Decent, Orderly Lynching: The Montana Vigilantes, we discuss his initial interest in the story, the motivations of the people involved, and the debate their actions spurred, then and now.
Reference Links:
Erastus "Red" Yeager's confession list, as compiled by author Carol Buchanan http://bit.ly/2oYZVOr
Montana 3-7-77 - How Freemasonry tamed a territory http://bit.ly/2oW7fcM
Montana Trooper's Association on the meaning of 3-7-77 http://bit.ly/2pMKVHk
Bannack Community Events page on http://www.bannack3777.com/
Calculate how much was stolen during stage coach robberies in today's values http://bit.ly/2oavVQ1
Boone Helm and other cannibals of the Old West http://bit.ly/2qtx7xY
Henry Plummer's Treasure - on More Unsolved Mysteries http://bit.ly/2qtDst9
Did Rob Towner find Henry Plummer's Gold? http://bit.ly/2oNwClN
Montana's lost treasure sites http://bit.ly/2pl6zRE
Henry Plummer on Wikipedia http://bit.ly/2ovLTUc
Montana Legends: Henry Plummer - Sheriff Meets a Noose http://bit.ly/2pP7KK0
Henry Plummer on History.com http://bit.ly/2q14Xu0
"The Innocents" gang of Road Agents http://bit.ly/2pnwB8b
Montana Vigilantes http://bit.ly/2pOekO7
Bannack, Montana, now a ghost town http://bit.ly/2q0Ovtw
Virginia City, Montana, a still lively ghost town http://bit.ly/2p5Eo9s
Author & Researcher Carol Buchanan, Ph.D. on Henry Plummer http://bit.ly/2p5FwKt
The Vigilantes of Montana by John C. Fazio http://bit.ly/2oT6xjP
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Credits:
Episode 70: The Sheriff and Outlaw Henry Plummer (Part Three) - Interview with author Frederick Allen. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees; Ryan McCullough Sound Design; Research Assistance by Tess Pfeifle and the astonishing League of Astonishing Researchers, a.k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2017 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Photos taken by Forrest Burgess, Copyright July, 2004.