Much of “Curly Bill’s” past is sketchy because of the poor record keeping of the times and his intentional use of alias names in an attempt to hide his former criminal past and stay relatively unknown in the territories so that he could be free to rustle cattle and continue his criminal endeavors. It’s believed he was born in Texas around 1840 and turned up in Arizona approximately in 1878 where he met the local criminal element, including the “Clanton” family and helped them expand their…
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