Son of James Whiteside
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Nephi Bemis, along with two other men, was killed by Indians on March 25,1860. The three bodies were brought to San Bernardino and given the largest funeral seen in the town to date.
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Las Flores Ranch
Near this spot on March 25, 1866, Edwin Parrish, Nephi Bemis and Pratt Whiteside, young cowboys employed on this ranch, were ambushed, killed and mutiliated by Piute Indians, who then burned several ranch buildings and fled down the Mojave River to the rocky narrows below Victorville.
SOURCE: http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=50609
Feel free to use the photo of the plaque--just credit the photo (if possible).
Michael "Digger" Kindig
Hangman, Billy Holcomb Chapter No. 1069, ECV
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Nephi Bemis, along with two other men, was killed by Indians on March 25,1860. The three bodies were brought to San Bernardino and given the largest funeral seen in the town to date.
.............
Las Flores Ranch
Near this spot on March 25, 1866, Edwin Parrish, Nephi Bemis and Pratt Whiteside, young cowboys employed on this ranch, were ambushed, killed and mutiliated by Piute Indians, who then burned several ranch buildings and fled down the Mojave River to the rocky narrows below Victorville.
SOURCE: http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=50609
Feel free to use the photo of the plaque--just credit the photo (if possible).
Michael "Digger" Kindig
Hangman, Billy Holcomb Chapter No. 1069, ECV
Son of James Whiteside
...........
Nephi Bemis, along with two other men, was killed by Indians on March 25,1860. The three bodies were brought to San Bernardino and given the largest funeral seen in the town to date.
.............
Las Flores Ranch
Near this spot on March 25, 1866, Edwin Parrish, Nephi Bemis and Pratt Whiteside, young cowboys employed on this ranch, were ambushed, killed and mutiliated by Piute Indians, who then burned several ranch buildings and fled down the Mojave River to the rocky narrows below Victorville.
SOURCE: http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=50609
Feel free to use the photo of the plaque--just credit the photo (if possible).
Michael "Digger" Kindig
Hangman, Billy Holcomb Chapter No. 1069, ECV
...........
Nephi Bemis, along with two other men, was killed by Indians on March 25,1860. The three bodies were brought to San Bernardino and given the largest funeral seen in the town to date.
.............
Las Flores Ranch
Near this spot on March 25, 1866, Edwin Parrish, Nephi Bemis and Pratt Whiteside, young cowboys employed on this ranch, were ambushed, killed and mutiliated by Piute Indians, who then burned several ranch buildings and fled down the Mojave River to the rocky narrows below Victorville.
SOURCE: http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=50609
Feel free to use the photo of the plaque--just credit the photo (if possible).
Michael "Digger" Kindig
Hangman, Billy Holcomb Chapter No. 1069, ECV
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