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Billy Birchfield person

born: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)id: p_billy-birchfield_8f50b6

also known as: Billy Birchfield

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Summary:  A Deming boy who won first prize at a cattle roping tournament in Solomonville, Arizona.
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arrived_in

cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-14 (1891)
Jim Williams, a cowboy, rode into Maxwell City, bent on taking the town in true cowboy style. He broke several windows, knocked out the glasses and insulted every person whom he met. Some unknown person put a stop to his fun, by sending a …

lived_at

cited from Jim Williams, a cowboy, rode into Maxwell… (1891) · +1 more
ed and O. Bulow, Pueblo; J. W. Eliel, Jim ranch; C. F. W. Schmidle, Burro Cienega; T. W. Holson, Lone Mountain; John R. Adair and D. V. Coleman, Pinos Altos; Bud Williams, Deming; John Cooper, Burros; J. N. Upton, Mimbres. From the August…
cited from They had a cattle roping tournament as a… (1891)
They had a cattle roping tournament as a part of their fourth of July celebration at Solo- monville, Arizona, and Billy Birchfield, a Dem- ing boy, took the first prize, fifty dollars ; aggre- gate time, one minute and eleven seconds in tying three…

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cattle roping tournament winner
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-14 (1891)
Jim Williams, a cowboy, rode into Maxwell City, bent on taking the town in true cowboy style. He broke several windows, knocked out the glasses and insulted every person whom he met. Some unknown person put a stop to his fun, by sending a …

owned

cited from They had a cattle roping tournament as a… (1891)
They had a cattle roping tournament as a part of their fourth of July celebration at Solo- monville, Arizona, and Billy Birchfield, a Dem- ing boy, took the first prize, fifty dollars ; aggre- gate time, one minute and eleven seconds in tying three…

witnessed

cited from Jim Williams, a cowboy, rode into Maxwell… (1891) · +1 more
ed and O. Bulow, Pueblo; J. W. Eliel, Jim ranch; C. F. W. Schmidle, Burro Cienega; T. W. Holson, Lone Mountain; John R. Adair and D. V. Coleman, Pinos Altos; Bud Williams, Deming; John Cooper, Burros; J. N. Upton, Mimbres. From the August…

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