Frank Wolcott
Francis Edwin Wolcott
American
Frank Wolcott was a Major in the Union Army, a US Marshal, rancher and bully. - AsNotedIn
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- Father Horatio Gates Wolcott
Frank Wolcott was a Major in the Union Army, a US Marshal, rancher and bully. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1840/12/13 | Frank Wolcott is born in Canandaigua, New York. | Born | |||||
| 1866/00/00 | After serving in the American Civil War, Major Frank Wolcott is discharged from the army. | Military | |||||
| 1870/00/00 | Major Wolcott moves to Cheyenne, Wyoming and works for the US Land Office until being appointed a US Deputy Marshal for Wyoming. | Work | |||||
| 1872/10/15 | Built for $31,450 by Denver-based contractors Samuel Livingston and George Schram, US Marshal Frank Walcott reicievs the keys to the Wyoming Territorial Federal Penitentiary and Warden N K Boswell prepares for prisoners. | US Marshal | Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary | Laramie | |||
| 1873/00/00 | Frank Wolcott is dismissed from the US Marshalls for what Governor John M Thayer called "offensive" behavior. | Life | |||||
| 1876/00/00 | Wolcott buys a ranch near Deer Creek and joins the Wyoming Stock Growers Association. | Work | |||||
| 1892/04/05 | Cattlemen from 6 large Johnson County operations, 5 stock detectives including Frank M Canton, 22 Texan gunfighters, George Dunning from Idaho and their commander Major Frank Wolcott and Dr Charles Penrose set out from Cheyenne on the afternoon train. | Mercenary | Union Pacific Railroad Depot | Cheyenne | Johnson County War | ||
| 1892/04/06 | The cattlemen mercenaries arrive in Casper, load their wagons and begin a march to Buffalo to take control of the courthouse, seize the weapons and then mete out severe justice to cattle rustlers and outlaws on their "death" list. | Mercenary | Casper | Wyoming | Johnson County War | ||
| 1892/04/06 | The cattlemen mercenaries arrive in Casper, load their wagons and begin a march to Buffalo to take control of the courthouse, seize the weapons and then mete out severe justice to cattle rustlers and outlaws on their "death" list. | Mercenary | Johnson County Courthouse | Buffalo | Johnson County War | ||
| 1892/04/06 | Cattlemen mercenaries stop at the Tisdale ranch and recruit two more men. They learn that fourteen rustlers are at the KC Ranch, about 18 miles north of the Tisdale ranch. | Mercenary | Johnson County, WY | Johnson County War | |||
| 1892/04/10 | Sheriff Red Angus and a posse of 200 men besiege Wolcott's gunman at the TA Ranch. | Mercenary | TA Ranch Historic District | Buffalo | Johnson County War | ||
| 1892/04/13 | With the aid of theTroops H, C and D of the 6th Cavalry under Major Fechet, Col Van Horn accepts the surrender of Wolctt and his men and brings them toFort McKinney. Due to the influence of the WSGA, Wolcott and his Regulators are not charged. | Mercenary | Fort McKinney | Buffalo | Johnson County War | ||
| 1894/00/00 | Wolcott moves to Nebraska and works as the general agent at the Omaha Stockyards. | Work | |||||
| 1910/03/30 | Frank Wolcott dies in Denver, Colorado. | Died |
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