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ILLUSTRATIONS John Wesley Hardin xvi Grave and historical marker for Josiah Taylor 2 William “Bill” Sutton and Laura McDonald Sutton on their wedding day 21 Yorktown, Texas 29 Creed Taylor in his later years 73 Jack Hays Day, chief apologist for the Taylor ring 96 Pitkin Taylor and his wife, Susan 123 Alf Day, a Taylor partisan and relative by marriage 128 Scrap Taylor 150 Bolivar J. Pridgen, attorney for the Taylors 160 Judge Henry Clay Pleasants 173 John Wesley Hardin 176 John Wesley Hardin’s grave enclosure in El Paso 178 Maps DeWitt County xxii Ku Klux Klan Klaverns formed in 1866 24 Ku Klux Klan Klaverns formed by 1867 24 Ku Klux Klan Klaverns formed by 1868 25 Composite map of Klan activity in Texas, 1866–69 25 John Wesley Hardin Country 110 ...

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