12 Feb 2023 12:11 am
Cannonpointer » 12 Feb 2023, 1:09 am » wrote: ↑ Nope. The Nebraska Central Railroad. He wanted to be as far inland and away from cities as possible.
He had killed an associate of the Kaiser in a duel. The killing was legal - but the dead guy was above his pay grade. He was given the option to flee or die. He fled, and he lived a long and productive life. It is unlikely anyone was making a serious effort to track and kill him. But if he'd stayed, they would have had to kill him. And he wanted a prophylaxis against any hard feelings being projected his way - so to the center of the country he went.
i think the west started to decline when dueling became illegal