zackcarp Report post Posted June 1, 2021 I'm in skeleton canyon regularly. I've never seen a headstone of any kind in there. A few years back the forest service rebladed the road a good ways back in there. When a good monsoon rolls through, the wash tends to change thing up. The road is extremely bad again. Horse access is the best way through there now days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
My Rights As An American Report post Posted June 1, 2021 Looks like they call it Hunt Canyon from the topos. It is the eastern portion of the canyon. That is where the headstone is placed these days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 1, 2021 1 hour ago, zackcarp said: I'm in skeleton canyon regularly. I've never seen a headstone of any kind in there. I'd love to go sometime. Maybe his marker is in Hunt Canyon? A quick Google search says Frank Robson, part of a posse pursuing the High Five Gang, was killed and buried in Skeleton Canyon near the Devils Kitchen 12Aug1891. Judson White was found robbed, murdered and decomposing there 4Nov1889. Between 1879 and 1889 there's another 15 murders including two massacres. Keep in mind it was named Skeleton Canyon prior to the massacres due to all the bones left by smuggling operations. With the nearest civilization in the late 1800s being 20 miles or more, how far you want to transport a bloated rotting corpse? A quick burial often consisted of the remains tossed in a rocky crag. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
My Rights As An American Report post Posted June 1, 2021 Yes, it is Hunt Canyon. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10Turkeys Report post Posted June 1, 2021 If memory serves Old man Clanton bought it in Skeleton Canyon, Ike, Phin, and Billy's dad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 1, 2021 28 minutes ago, 10Turkeys said: If memory serves Old man Clanton bought it in Skeleton Canyon, Ike, Phin, and Billy's dad. Guadalupe Canyon? Same mountain range, though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, My Rights As An American said: Yes, it is Hunt Canyon. Why do you suppose his headstone was moved? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
My Rights As An American Report post Posted June 1, 2021 There it is! Thought I had a pic!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 1, 2021 1 minute ago, My Rights As An American said: There it is! Thought I had a pic!!! The horse shoes are.missing from the other pic WTH? Lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10Turkeys Report post Posted June 1, 2021 17 minutes ago, Edge said: Guadalupe Canyon? You are correct. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, 10Turkeys said: You are correct. Even a broken clock gets lucky Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10Turkeys Report post Posted June 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Edge said: Even a broken clock gets lucky Twice a day from what I hear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
