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Indian Emily

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Lonn Taylor, the Rambling Boy

Indian Emily - Real or made up for a good story?

Sure there's a restaurant named after the hero whose final warning helped garrison of soldiers in Ft. Davis stave off an attack by nearby Apache, and during the Texas centennial in 1936, the state placed a granite marker at Emily’s supposed grave...

...But did the Fort Davis Legend actually exist? On this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn takes a deeper look.

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