Old West Hanging Trees
Susan Lee wrote about hanging trees and frontier justice. She wrote, “In those days there were no electric chairs or gas chambers and lumber was too scarce to be used for building scaffolds to hang murderers, horse thieves and rustlers. There were many sturdy old cottonwood trees handy so these were used to hang criminals. They were selected according to the low strong limbs that grew at a convenient height and projected straight out at a proper angle.
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Susan Lee wrote about hanging trees and frontier justice. She wrote, “In those days there were no electric chairs or gas chambers and lumber was too scarce to be used for building scaffolds to hang murderers, horse thieves and rustlers. There were many sturdy old cottonwood trees handy so these were used to hang criminals. They were selected according to the low strong limbs that grew at a convenient height and projected straight out at a proper angle.
On Demand Performance - KXNM archives Archaeology In Your Backyard as MP3 files, allowing you to listen to your favorite shows on demand, whenever you choose. Click on the audio file below to hear Hanging Trees, or click on the
Download Files to read the whole story.
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