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Battle of Stone Corral
The Battle of Stone Corral, also known as the Gunfight at Stone Corral, occurred in June 1893 and was the final shootout during the pursuit of the Sontag-Evans Gang. After months of searching and several previous encounters, a small posse under the command of Marshal George E. Gard ambushed John Sontag and Chris Evans at a corral near Visalia, California.[1][2][3][4]
The wounded John Sontag lying next to the possemen. | |
| Date | June 11–12, 1893 |
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| Location | 36°30′50″N 119°10′51″W / 36.513851°N 119.180784°W |
| Also known as | Gunfight at Stone Corral |
| Participants | Chris Evans; John Sontag |
| Outcome | 1 killed 2 wounded |
See also edit
External links edit
- Stone Corral Monument
References edit
- ^ "Gunfight at Stone Corral". Retrieved June 18, 2012.
- ^ "Newspaper Coverage of the Evans & Sontag Story: The Examiner, San Francisco, Tuesday Morning, June 13, 1893, Vol. LVI, No. 164, p1". June 24, 2004. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
- ^ Smith, Wallace; William B. Secrest (2004). Garden of the sun: a history of the San Joaquin Valley, 1772-1939. Linden Publishing. ISBN 978-0-941936-77-4.
- ^ Duke, Thomas Samuel (1910). "SONTAG AND EVANS, NOTORIOUS TRAIN ROBBERS, MURDERERS AND JAIL BREAKERS. (From Police Records and George Sontag's Statement to the Author.)". Celebrated Criminal Cases of America. San Francisco: James H. Barry Company. pp. 276–286. OCLC 3811019.
By Thomas Samuel Duke, Captain of Police, San Francisco; Published with Approval of the Honorable Board of Police Commissioners of San Francisco, 1910. (Public Domain Free Download)