HENSON MCCOY PYLE was born in Tulare County, California in about 1867, the son of JOHN HARRIS PYLE and AMANDA [BARNES] PYLE. He spent his early years in Tulare County and then in about 1874, his family moved with his parents to the Mud Springs Ranch in the Castaic area of Los Angeles County. According to published historical accounts, "on 2 May 1884, he and his brother discovered The Bowers Cave, a treasure of house of Native American artifacts after setting out on a deer hunt from their ranch. While picking their way across a crumbly sandstone ridge MCCOY PYLE noticed a small opening about 50 feet below. Cautiously, they crawled down the cliff face, then peered into the gloomy cave. He gasped in wonder as he beheld woven baskets as big as washtubs, stone ax heads, obsidian knife blades, crystals and four ceremonial scepters. Inside the baskets were headdresses and capes made of woven condor and flicker feathers, stings of beads and pottery imported from as far away as Mesa Verde."
HENSON MCCOY PYLE married CALIFORNIA DORA LINEBARGER in 1888 in Santa Paula, Ventura County, California and they settled in Fillmore where they became the parents of three sons.
Some have stated that HENSON MCCOY PYLE was a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff and that he was shot and killed in Castaic Canyon on April 30, 1897, but this was NOT TRUE. According to Peter Percy who has done some extensive research on the circumstances about HENSON MCCOY PYLE's death, there are documented sources which state that HENSON MCCOY PYLE "was a Constable for the Township of Santa Paula in Ventura County. He lived in Fillmore, which was in the Santa Paula Township in 1897 and he was shot and killed while working on duty by his Deputy, EDWARD MCCAMISH on April 24, 1897 at the Castaic switch on the Southern Pacific Railroad. The April 30, 1897 edition of the VENTURA WEEKLY DEMOCRAT newspaper describes the Castaic witch as a 'cheerless, secluded spot, with a box - like station - house, the sole mark of civilization.' On September 19, 1897, Mr. MCCAMISH was found guilty of 1st degree murder in the Los Angeles County Superior Court and the jury recommended a sentence of life imprisonment. On September 29, 1897, Mr. MCCAMISH was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was paroled from San Quentin State Prison on April 9, 1910 and then pardoned by Governor FRIEND RICHARDSON on 30 on November 1, 1923. Mr. MCCAMISH died in Berkeley, California on March 18, 1957.
HENSON MCCOY PYLE married CALIFORNIA DORA LINEBARGER in 1888 in Santa Paula, Ventura County, California and they settled in Fillmore where they became the parents of three sons.
Some have stated that HENSON MCCOY PYLE was a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff and that he was shot and killed in Castaic Canyon on April 30, 1897, but this was NOT TRUE. According to Peter Percy who has done some extensive research on the circumstances about HENSON MCCOY PYLE's death, there are documented sources which state that HENSON MCCOY PYLE "was a Constable for the Township of Santa Paula in Ventura County. He lived in Fillmore, which was in the Santa Paula Township in 1897 and he was shot and killed while working on duty by his Deputy, EDWARD MCCAMISH on April 24, 1897 at the Castaic switch on the Southern Pacific Railroad. The April 30, 1897 edition of the VENTURA WEEKLY DEMOCRAT newspaper describes the Castaic witch as a 'cheerless, secluded spot, with a box - like station - house, the sole mark of civilization.' On September 19, 1897, Mr. MCCAMISH was found guilty of 1st degree murder in the Los Angeles County Superior Court and the jury recommended a sentence of life imprisonment. On September 29, 1897, Mr. MCCAMISH was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was paroled from San Quentin State Prison on April 9, 1910 and then pardoned by Governor FRIEND RICHARDSON on 30 on November 1, 1923. Mr. MCCAMISH died in Berkeley, California on March 18, 1957.
HENSON MCCOY PYLE was born in Tulare County, California in about 1867, the son of JOHN HARRIS PYLE and AMANDA [BARNES] PYLE. He spent his early years in Tulare County and then in about 1874, his family moved with his parents to the Mud Springs Ranch in the Castaic area of Los Angeles County. According to published historical accounts, "on 2 May 1884, he and his brother discovered The Bowers Cave, a treasure of house of Native American artifacts after setting out on a deer hunt from their ranch. While picking their way across a crumbly sandstone ridge MCCOY PYLE noticed a small opening about 50 feet below. Cautiously, they crawled down the cliff face, then peered into the gloomy cave. He gasped in wonder as he beheld woven baskets as big as washtubs, stone ax heads, obsidian knife blades, crystals and four ceremonial scepters. Inside the baskets were headdresses and capes made of woven condor and flicker feathers, stings of beads and pottery imported from as far away as Mesa Verde."
HENSON MCCOY PYLE married CALIFORNIA DORA LINEBARGER in 1888 in Santa Paula, Ventura County, California and they settled in Fillmore where they became the parents of three sons.
Some have stated that HENSON MCCOY PYLE was a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff and that he was shot and killed in Castaic Canyon on April 30, 1897, but this was NOT TRUE. According to Peter Percy who has done some extensive research on the circumstances about HENSON MCCOY PYLE's death, there are documented sources which state that HENSON MCCOY PYLE "was a Constable for the Township of Santa Paula in Ventura County. He lived in Fillmore, which was in the Santa Paula Township in 1897 and he was shot and killed while working on duty by his Deputy, EDWARD MCCAMISH on April 24, 1897 at the Castaic switch on the Southern Pacific Railroad. The April 30, 1897 edition of the VENTURA WEEKLY DEMOCRAT newspaper describes the Castaic witch as a 'cheerless, secluded spot, with a box - like station - house, the sole mark of civilization.' On September 19, 1897, Mr. MCCAMISH was found guilty of 1st degree murder in the Los Angeles County Superior Court and the jury recommended a sentence of life imprisonment. On September 29, 1897, Mr. MCCAMISH was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was paroled from San Quentin State Prison on April 9, 1910 and then pardoned by Governor FRIEND RICHARDSON on 30 on November 1, 1923. Mr. MCCAMISH died in Berkeley, California on March 18, 1957.
HENSON MCCOY PYLE married CALIFORNIA DORA LINEBARGER in 1888 in Santa Paula, Ventura County, California and they settled in Fillmore where they became the parents of three sons.
Some have stated that HENSON MCCOY PYLE was a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff and that he was shot and killed in Castaic Canyon on April 30, 1897, but this was NOT TRUE. According to Peter Percy who has done some extensive research on the circumstances about HENSON MCCOY PYLE's death, there are documented sources which state that HENSON MCCOY PYLE "was a Constable for the Township of Santa Paula in Ventura County. He lived in Fillmore, which was in the Santa Paula Township in 1897 and he was shot and killed while working on duty by his Deputy, EDWARD MCCAMISH on April 24, 1897 at the Castaic switch on the Southern Pacific Railroad. The April 30, 1897 edition of the VENTURA WEEKLY DEMOCRAT newspaper describes the Castaic witch as a 'cheerless, secluded spot, with a box - like station - house, the sole mark of civilization.' On September 19, 1897, Mr. MCCAMISH was found guilty of 1st degree murder in the Los Angeles County Superior Court and the jury recommended a sentence of life imprisonment. On September 29, 1897, Mr. MCCAMISH was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was paroled from San Quentin State Prison on April 9, 1910 and then pardoned by Governor FRIEND RICHARDSON on 30 on November 1, 1923. Mr. MCCAMISH died in Berkeley, California on March 18, 1957.
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