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Harry Orchard

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Harry Orchard

Original Name
Albert Edward Horsley
Birth
Wooler, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Death
13 Apr 1954 (aged 88)
Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Plot
Section C-8-1
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Bomb slayer of scores of men in mine labor violence. Pleaded guilty to the dynamite slaying of former Idaho Gov. Frank Steunenberg in 1905. He was sentenced to hang, but the sentence was commuted to life. He was converted to Christianity, and wrote the book, "Harry Orchard: The Man God Made Again."
Bomb slayer of scores of men in mine labor violence. Pleaded guilty to the dynamite slaying of former Idaho Gov. Frank Steunenberg in 1905. He was sentenced to hang, but the sentence was commuted to life. He was converted to Christianity, and wrote the book, "Harry Orchard: The Man God Made Again."

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: David M. Habben
  • Added: Aug 6, 2002
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6664457/harry-orchard: accessed ), memorial page for Harry Orchard (18 Mar 1866–13 Apr 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6664457, citing Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.