Taken from The Big Timbers Museum in Lamar, Colorado
Prowers County - Past To Present, As told by George A. H. Baxter
Part 26
New Granada's first shootin' occurred in the fall of 1886, less than a year after the town was moved from its old location, and resulted in the death of one of the most influential young ranchers of this region.
It was Christmas Eve and everyone from miles around was at the dance hall in Granada, dancing to the strains of an old string band. As the evening wore on, The Sisson Brothers - Frank, Jim and Napoleon - and the Feast Brothers - George and Charley - began an argument over something that under normal circumstances wouldn't have caused a dispute.
A little later the Feasts and the two youngest Sisson, Frank and Jim met at John Burn's Saloon across the street where all four had gone to get a drink. Some little remark by one of the Sisson renewed the argument and then the fireworks started.
After the smoke cleared, bothe the Feasts were on the floor and the Sissons' were standing, unscathed. Charley died almost instantly with a bullet through his head, but George made a miraculous recovery from a head wound and two body wounds.
A day or so later, Sheriff? Mixan? came down from Las Animas and arrested the Sisson boys on charges of murder, but being part owners of the Crutch L outfit, one of the largest in the county at that time, they had more than enough money to pay the bond necessary for their release.
When they came up for trail, they were declared not guilty. It was the general understanding that they had bought their way out as all the Crutch L cattle had been sold shortly before. Then, too, a rich uncle from Missouri came out, and the story was circulated around most of his money was gone before returning.
Frank and Jim left for Texas, and being broke, they went to work for a railroad. Both were killed accidentally a few years later in the line of duty. Their oldest brother, Napoleon, who had taken up mining, also met with a violent death. He was killed in a cave-in.
A few years after recovery, George went in for politics and was elected superintendent of schools in the second election held in the new Prowers county, serving three terms.
He built many of the buildings on North Main Street in the early days, and for years the 100 block was named The Feast Block. He died 1911.
Frank Gilman is the only man living in Granada today that was living there at the time of the shooting. There are others still alive who saw it, but have all left Granada since then for other parts of the county.
The name of the Sisson ditch in the Granada District was first known as the Baxter-Stover ditch as my father had built it in the 70's. (1870's)When they sold their land souteast of Granada in 1886 to the Crutch L outfit, the name changed to Sisson.
"George Baxter was the person in Lamar 1939 who had been here since the town was founded. This is a transcript of an article printed in The Dailey Sparks, LaMar, Colorado Newspaper on 1-27-1939. Page 2 It was #26 of 80 articles 1938/1938"
Another accounting for this shooting can be found in The Dodge City Times Dodge City, Kansas Dec 30, 1886
image 4 "Death of Charles B. Feast" In this article they spell the name Sisson as Sission. In this article it stated both of the Feast brothers had died.
(note that this incident happened Christmas Eve, however Bible records show he died Christmas Day)
Clara A. Hankins married Charles B. Feast 4 December 1885 at the home of her father Amos Hankins, two miles north of Ashland, Kansas.
Birthdate in Thomas Feast m Elizabeth Allen family Bible.-Janice Hensley fag # 51256726
Prowers County - Past To Present, As told by George A. H. Baxter
Part 26
New Granada's first shootin' occurred in the fall of 1886, less than a year after the town was moved from its old location, and resulted in the death of one of the most influential young ranchers of this region.
It was Christmas Eve and everyone from miles around was at the dance hall in Granada, dancing to the strains of an old string band. As the evening wore on, The Sisson Brothers - Frank, Jim and Napoleon - and the Feast Brothers - George and Charley - began an argument over something that under normal circumstances wouldn't have caused a dispute.
A little later the Feasts and the two youngest Sisson, Frank and Jim met at John Burn's Saloon across the street where all four had gone to get a drink. Some little remark by one of the Sisson renewed the argument and then the fireworks started.
After the smoke cleared, bothe the Feasts were on the floor and the Sissons' were standing, unscathed. Charley died almost instantly with a bullet through his head, but George made a miraculous recovery from a head wound and two body wounds.
A day or so later, Sheriff? Mixan? came down from Las Animas and arrested the Sisson boys on charges of murder, but being part owners of the Crutch L outfit, one of the largest in the county at that time, they had more than enough money to pay the bond necessary for their release.
When they came up for trail, they were declared not guilty. It was the general understanding that they had bought their way out as all the Crutch L cattle had been sold shortly before. Then, too, a rich uncle from Missouri came out, and the story was circulated around most of his money was gone before returning.
Frank and Jim left for Texas, and being broke, they went to work for a railroad. Both were killed accidentally a few years later in the line of duty. Their oldest brother, Napoleon, who had taken up mining, also met with a violent death. He was killed in a cave-in.
A few years after recovery, George went in for politics and was elected superintendent of schools in the second election held in the new Prowers county, serving three terms.
He built many of the buildings on North Main Street in the early days, and for years the 100 block was named The Feast Block. He died 1911.
Frank Gilman is the only man living in Granada today that was living there at the time of the shooting. There are others still alive who saw it, but have all left Granada since then for other parts of the county.
The name of the Sisson ditch in the Granada District was first known as the Baxter-Stover ditch as my father had built it in the 70's. (1870's)When they sold their land souteast of Granada in 1886 to the Crutch L outfit, the name changed to Sisson.
"George Baxter was the person in Lamar 1939 who had been here since the town was founded. This is a transcript of an article printed in The Dailey Sparks, LaMar, Colorado Newspaper on 1-27-1939. Page 2 It was #26 of 80 articles 1938/1938"
Another accounting for this shooting can be found in The Dodge City Times Dodge City, Kansas Dec 30, 1886
image 4 "Death of Charles B. Feast" In this article they spell the name Sisson as Sission. In this article it stated both of the Feast brothers had died.
(note that this incident happened Christmas Eve, however Bible records show he died Christmas Day)
Clara A. Hankins married Charles B. Feast 4 December 1885 at the home of her father Amos Hankins, two miles north of Ashland, Kansas.
Birthdate in Thomas Feast m Elizabeth Allen family Bible.-Janice Hensley fag # 51256726
Taken from The Big Timbers Museum in Lamar, Colorado
Prowers County - Past To Present, As told by George A. H. Baxter
Part 26
New Granada's first shootin' occurred in the fall of 1886, less than a year after the town was moved from its old location, and resulted in the death of one of the most influential young ranchers of this region.
It was Christmas Eve and everyone from miles around was at the dance hall in Granada, dancing to the strains of an old string band. As the evening wore on, The Sisson Brothers - Frank, Jim and Napoleon - and the Feast Brothers - George and Charley - began an argument over something that under normal circumstances wouldn't have caused a dispute.
A little later the Feasts and the two youngest Sisson, Frank and Jim met at John Burn's Saloon across the street where all four had gone to get a drink. Some little remark by one of the Sisson renewed the argument and then the fireworks started.
After the smoke cleared, bothe the Feasts were on the floor and the Sissons' were standing, unscathed. Charley died almost instantly with a bullet through his head, but George made a miraculous recovery from a head wound and two body wounds.
A day or so later, Sheriff? Mixan? came down from Las Animas and arrested the Sisson boys on charges of murder, but being part owners of the Crutch L outfit, one of the largest in the county at that time, they had more than enough money to pay the bond necessary for their release.
When they came up for trail, they were declared not guilty. It was the general understanding that they had bought their way out as all the Crutch L cattle had been sold shortly before. Then, too, a rich uncle from Missouri came out, and the story was circulated around most of his money was gone before returning.
Frank and Jim left for Texas, and being broke, they went to work for a railroad. Both were killed accidentally a few years later in the line of duty. Their oldest brother, Napoleon, who had taken up mining, also met with a violent death. He was killed in a cave-in.
A few years after recovery, George went in for politics and was elected superintendent of schools in the second election held in the new Prowers county, serving three terms.
He built many of the buildings on North Main Street in the early days, and for years the 100 block was named The Feast Block. He died 1911.
Frank Gilman is the only man living in Granada today that was living there at the time of the shooting. There are others still alive who saw it, but have all left Granada since then for other parts of the county.
The name of the Sisson ditch in the Granada District was first known as the Baxter-Stover ditch as my father had built it in the 70's. (1870's)When they sold their land souteast of Granada in 1886 to the Crutch L outfit, the name changed to Sisson.
"George Baxter was the person in Lamar 1939 who had been here since the town was founded. This is a transcript of an article printed in The Dailey Sparks, LaMar, Colorado Newspaper on 1-27-1939. Page 2 It was #26 of 80 articles 1938/1938"
Another accounting for this shooting can be found in The Dodge City Times Dodge City, Kansas Dec 30, 1886
image 4 "Death of Charles B. Feast" In this article they spell the name Sisson as Sission. In this article it stated both of the Feast brothers had died.
(note that this incident happened Christmas Eve, however Bible records show he died Christmas Day)
Clara A. Hankins married Charles B. Feast 4 December 1885 at the home of her father Amos Hankins, two miles north of Ashland, Kansas.
Birthdate in Thomas Feast m Elizabeth Allen family Bible.-Janice Hensley fag # 51256726
Prowers County - Past To Present, As told by George A. H. Baxter
Part 26
New Granada's first shootin' occurred in the fall of 1886, less than a year after the town was moved from its old location, and resulted in the death of one of the most influential young ranchers of this region.
It was Christmas Eve and everyone from miles around was at the dance hall in Granada, dancing to the strains of an old string band. As the evening wore on, The Sisson Brothers - Frank, Jim and Napoleon - and the Feast Brothers - George and Charley - began an argument over something that under normal circumstances wouldn't have caused a dispute.
A little later the Feasts and the two youngest Sisson, Frank and Jim met at John Burn's Saloon across the street where all four had gone to get a drink. Some little remark by one of the Sisson renewed the argument and then the fireworks started.
After the smoke cleared, bothe the Feasts were on the floor and the Sissons' were standing, unscathed. Charley died almost instantly with a bullet through his head, but George made a miraculous recovery from a head wound and two body wounds.
A day or so later, Sheriff? Mixan? came down from Las Animas and arrested the Sisson boys on charges of murder, but being part owners of the Crutch L outfit, one of the largest in the county at that time, they had more than enough money to pay the bond necessary for their release.
When they came up for trail, they were declared not guilty. It was the general understanding that they had bought their way out as all the Crutch L cattle had been sold shortly before. Then, too, a rich uncle from Missouri came out, and the story was circulated around most of his money was gone before returning.
Frank and Jim left for Texas, and being broke, they went to work for a railroad. Both were killed accidentally a few years later in the line of duty. Their oldest brother, Napoleon, who had taken up mining, also met with a violent death. He was killed in a cave-in.
A few years after recovery, George went in for politics and was elected superintendent of schools in the second election held in the new Prowers county, serving three terms.
He built many of the buildings on North Main Street in the early days, and for years the 100 block was named The Feast Block. He died 1911.
Frank Gilman is the only man living in Granada today that was living there at the time of the shooting. There are others still alive who saw it, but have all left Granada since then for other parts of the county.
The name of the Sisson ditch in the Granada District was first known as the Baxter-Stover ditch as my father had built it in the 70's. (1870's)When they sold their land souteast of Granada in 1886 to the Crutch L outfit, the name changed to Sisson.
"George Baxter was the person in Lamar 1939 who had been here since the town was founded. This is a transcript of an article printed in The Dailey Sparks, LaMar, Colorado Newspaper on 1-27-1939. Page 2 It was #26 of 80 articles 1938/1938"
Another accounting for this shooting can be found in The Dodge City Times Dodge City, Kansas Dec 30, 1886
image 4 "Death of Charles B. Feast" In this article they spell the name Sisson as Sission. In this article it stated both of the Feast brothers had died.
(note that this incident happened Christmas Eve, however Bible records show he died Christmas Day)
Clara A. Hankins married Charles B. Feast 4 December 1885 at the home of her father Amos Hankins, two miles north of Ashland, Kansas.
Birthdate in Thomas Feast m Elizabeth Allen family Bible.-Janice Hensley fag # 51256726
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