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Like other mining camps of the time,
Bannack at
first sported a tent city when miners flooded the area. Those who didn't
have a tent, often slept in bedrolls near their claims, in their wagons,
or sometimes built brush wickiups like the Indians. However, as the winter
loomed ahead of them, it was obvious that more permanent housing would be
required. A number of small cabins and shacks soon lined the hill behind
Main Street, which took on the nicknmame "Bachelor's Row."
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But, it wasn't just miners who lived on
Bachelor's Row, as one of the cabins in the bottom photo belonged to the
local butcher and first sheriff, Hank Crawford. In the spring of 1863,
when local citizens decided that a sheriff was needed, Hank Crawford and
Henry Plummer
ran for the office.
Plummer was non to happy at the loss and he soon went
after the new sheriff with a shotgun. However, one of Crawford's friends
warned him that
Plummer
was coming and Crawford stepped outside his cabin, steadied a rifle on a
log and shot
Plummer
in the right arm, temporarily ruining his gunfighting abilities. Undaunted,
Plummer
immediately began to practice shooting with his left hand until his
accuracy was just as deadly. When Hank Crawford caught wind of this,
he turned in his badge and left
Bannack,
never to return.
Plummer
then went on to become the sheriff.
© Kathy Weiser/Legends
of America, updated October, 2010.
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