Bert Nickerbocker
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While on horseback roping a cow, the rope wound around his wrist and pressed against the saddle, nearly pulling his hand off [1][2]. He was brought to Ouray, Colorado, and taken to the hospital on a Sunday evening [1][2]. The accident was expected to cost him one of his hands [1][2]. The incident was reported in the Silver City Enterprise on August 21, 1891 [2].
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- A young man named Bert Nickerbocker,… (1891)A young man named Bert Nickerbocker, living near San Juan, was brought to Ouray, Colorado, and taken to the hospital Sunday evening suffering from an accident that will cost him one of his hands. While on hors…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-14 (1891)if it is a fact they might as well quit the business, as it is certain no money can be made raising scrubs. Wm. Mason robbed Pap Seed of 75c in Central, and got 30 days in the county jail for so doi…