Always for the Underdog: Leather Britches Smith and the Grabow War

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American Lumber Company, 91 Atakapa, 32–33, 161 Beaumont Enterprise, 19, 68, 154 Beauregard Parish Historical Society, 31, 136 sesquicentennial celebration, 158–163 Brotherhood of Timber Workers, 86–88, 96–98, 114–115 Grabow War, 99–103, 107–108, 116 Leather Britches Smith, 89, 102 oath, 111–112 Burr, Aaron, 53–54 Burr Ferry, Louisiana 54 Backdoor to the United States, 13, 56 See also Free State of the Sabine, Neutral Ground, Neutral Strip, Neutral Zone, No Man’s Land Caddo, 32–34, 35, 41–43 Carmen, Eloise (Grand), 4–7, 10, 15, 25, 50, 94, 130, 133 Carmen, Robert (Bobby), 120, 124, 129 Charlan, Del (Deputy), 103, 120–124 DeRidder, Louisiana, 60–62 DeRidder Daily News, 154 Grabow War, 103–105, 108 History of Beauregard Parish Louisiana, 162 photos, 142 Emerson, Arthur Lee, 86–88, 92, 96, 97–98 jail, 105, 108 Grabow War, 99–103, 117 Free State of the Sabine, 13, 56 Festival, 157, 158 See also Backdoor to the United States, Neutral Ground, Neutral Strip, Neutral Zone, No Man’s Land Fuller, Ocelean, 59, 62, 75 Galloway Grabow trial, 109–114 Jim, 114 John, 103–104, 106, 113, 114 Martin, 113, 114 Mill, 92, 95–101, 105, 107 Paul, 103, 106, 114 Grabow, 51, 84, 120, 125, 128, 134, 172 Incident, 159, 161 Leather Britches Smith, 22 Massacre, 97 mill, 132 Riot 56, 78, 95–106, 115, 162 trial, 108–115, 154 See also Grabow War Grabow War, 94–106, 115, 116–117, 118, 135, 137 Leather Britches Smith, 155, 170 Grand (Eloise Carmen), 4–7, 10, 15, 25, 50, 94, 130, 133 Granny Cat (Catherine Stark), 19–20, 30–31, 82, 118, 131 Leather Britches Smith grave, 129–133, 135 Hall, Covington, 107, 109 Haywood, “Big Bill,” 84, 107 Herrera, Don Simón (Lieutenant Colonel), 37–40 Hickman, Bud, 96, 101, 103, 112–113 Hieronymus, Darrell, 14, 15 Hunter, E. G. (Judge), 109–111, 115 Industrial Workers of the World, 47, 84 See also IWW IWW, 85, 87, 96, 98, 154 Grabow War, 106–107 Kirby, John Henry, 78–79, 86, 91–92 Kirby Lumber Company, 79–80, 83 obligation, 82 SLOA, 87–88 index 219 220฀฀฀|฀฀฀index Kirbyville, Texas, 80, 83–84 Lafitte, Jean, 24, 45, 52, 54, 58, 157 Lake Charles American Press, 68, 121–122, 127, 145 Leather Britches Smith ambush, 120–128 Ben Myatt, 19, 20, 27, 28, 122, 127, 145 Brotherhood of Timber Workers, 89–90 crime, 27, 29–31, 114 Grabow War, 96, 116–117, 118, 135, 137, 155, 170, 173 grave, 4, 19, 128–130, 132–137, 170 gun skills, 29, 48, 68–70, 116, 126 song, 21–24, 137 See also Smith, Charles Louisiana Territory, 13, 35–37, 39 Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819, 41, 62 Louisiana Purchase, 13, 36, 165 See also Sabine River Valley Merryville Historical Society, 158–159, 162–163 Merryville, Louisiana, 1–3, 5, 66, 67 Cemetery, 3–4, 133 Heritage Festival photos 147, 151 Historical Society, 158–159, 162–163 Leather Britches Smith death 126 mills, 10–11, 74 Merryville Museum, 163–168, 170, 172 Murrell, John A. (The Reverend Devil), 55, 56, 73 Neutral Ground, 13, 51, 56 See also Backdoor to the United States, Free State of the Sabine, Neutral Strip, Neutral Zone, No Man’s Land Neutral Strip, 13, 14, 35, 40, 94, 156 Leather Britches Smith, 70, 75, 178 legends, 24, 43, 49, 52–55 Ralph Ramos, 18–19 residents, 170, 171 settlers, 63–65, 74, 159 See also Backdoor to the United States, Free State of the Sabine, Neutral Ground, Neutral Zone, No Man’s Land Neutral Zone, 13, 56–57, 62–63, 157 Leather Britches Smith, 23, 71, 73–74 legends, 52, 54 residents, 49 See also Backdoor to the United States, Free State of the Sabine, Neutral Ground, Neutral Strip, No Man’s Land Newton, Goob, 16–19, 50, 124 Leather Britches Smith legend, 29, 67–70, 72, 126, 129 Leather Britches Smith grave, 132, 133, 136 No Man’s Land, 13, 14, 18, 26, 158, 159, 161 Gussie Townsley, 94, 95 Leather Britches Smith, 75, 155, 170–171, 172 legends, 45, 49–56, 58, 73 Merryville Historical Society, 165, 167, 168 residents, 93, 125 See also Backdoor to the United States, Free State of the Sabine, Neutral Ground, Neutral Strip, Neutral Zone No Man’s Land Gang, 156, 165–167, 169 photos, 148–150, 152 Overton, Winston (Judge), 104, 106, 109, 114 portrait, 144 Pujo, Arsène (Congressman), 109, 111 Ramos, Ralph, 16...