The Librarian

Last week I reported an incident involving a gold mining claim. This is the story of an altogether different type of claim. From, dear, gentlemen, herewith an Englishman's account of life and death in the West.

As a reporter for the London Times, he writes his colorful and unusual stories. But as a man with a gun, he lives and becomes a part of the violent years in the new territories. In just a moment we will bring you this latest report from the Frontier Gentlemen.

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Now starring John Dainer, this is the story of J.B. Kendall, frontier gentleman. On the western shore of the Missouri River in Dakota territory, there's a town called Fort Pierce.

Across the river, a tiny wood frame extension of Fort Pier, called, simply, Pier. But it is here that the United States government has established a land office, and it was here that I journeyed in search of a story on homesteaders.

The land office was closed, but a local citizen told me I might find homesteaders on 25 miles east of there. Instead, there was only desolation. When I was turning my horse for the trip back to Pierre when the afternoon air was shining by an exchange of gun shots.