Lawrence Murphy

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2 mentions 1 recordings first heard Jul 2026 last heard 29 Jul ↓2 this month

Businessman who ran the dominant general store in Lincoln County

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Jeremy BamberBoring History for Sleep · The Wild West Was a Lie 🤠🔫 | What Really Happened on t... · 39:49 · 29 Jul
…Murphy was already dying of cancer by the time Tunstall arrived, and he largely retreated from active management, but James Dolan was a younger, harder man with a violent temper and a deep hatred for anyone who threatened his money.…
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Jeremy BamberBoring History for Sleep · The Wild West Was a Lie 🤠🔫 | What Really Happened on t... · 35:56 · 29 Jul
…Naturally, whoever controlled the supply contracts to the fort and the reservation effectively controlled the entire county, and in the early 1870s that control belonged almost completely to a tight little partnership of two men, Lawrence Murphy and James Dolan.…
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