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49-511: A hanging tree is any tree used to perform executions by hanging. Hanging tree or The Hanging Tree may also refer to: Hanging tree (Redirected from Hanging tree ) Trees used to perform execution by hanging "Hanging tree" redirects here. For other uses, see Hanging tree (disambiguation) . [REDACTED] The Hanging Tree in Vulture City, Arizona. A hanging tree or hangman's tree

98-427: A 'truxican standoff'. In the video game Fallout: New Vegas , Victor can say, “Next stop, Boot Hill” if provoked. Carl Perkins wrote in 1959 a song " The Ballad of Boot Hill ". Johnny Cash recorded it for Columbia Records and it was released in the same year. A Spaghetti Western named Boot Hill was released in 1969 and it featured Terence Hill and Bud Spencer . The first of three parts that compose

147-450: A dirt road in the northern Santa Rita Mountains , near the historic Greaterville townsite. Vulture City Hanging Tree: Ironwood tree located in the ghost town of Vulture City, Arizona , next to the remains of Henry Wickenburg 's stone cabin built circa 1863. Eighteen men were hanged from this tree in the late 19th century for "high grading" (stealing gold ore). California Calabasas Hanging Tree: Oak tree once located next to

196-566: A group of eight men passing through the area. The fate of a teenage boy accompanying the group remains unknown. The first 3 men listed on the headstone (Sawyer) were on military leave from the Confederate army. The group of men were headed to Mexico with $ 1,000 to buy livestock at the border before returning home to Georgetown, Texas . Since the men were heavily-armed, well-provisioned, and had almost $ 1,000 in cash among them remains undisputed. The group surrendered their weapons and agreed to accompany

245-538: A hanging" . Jared Farmer . 2013 . Retrieved 2016-07-21 . ^ "Second Garrotte (No. 460 California Historical Landmark)" . Retrieved 2016-07-21 . ^ "Jackson Hanging Tree- Amador County, California" . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ "Hanging tree still stands at old mine" . Scott Herhold . 2007-09-30 . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ "Three One Three Gallery: Union Ave. Hanging Tree in Pueblo, Colorado c. 1880" . Archived from

294-3030: A hanging, and a "curse" in Lafayette" . Retrieved 2016-07-21 . ^ "Hanging Tree, Salem Oregon" . Retrieved 2016-07-21 . ^ "The Story of Charleston's Hanging Tree" . Prof. Damon L. Fordham, MA . 2013-11-13. Archived from the original on December 23, 2013 . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link ) ^ "Haunted Hills: Hangman's Tree" . Chris Huber . 2013-10-29 . Retrieved 2016-07-21 . ^ Lulu.com (2008). The Ultimate Urban Legends . Pinkmint Publications. pp. 55–56. ISBN   9780955686900 . ^ "The Masonic Oak - The Grand Lodge of Texas" . The Grand Lodge of Texas . 2012-10-29 . Retrieved 2017-12-29 . ^ texasforestservice.tamu.edu http://texasforestservice.tamu.edu/websites/FamousTreesOfTexas/TreeLayout.aspx?pageid=16080 . Retrieved 2017-12-29 . {{ cite web }} : Missing or empty |title= ( help ) ^ "Directions to Brazoria Cty Church Ruins in Texas? | Unexplained Research" . chadlewis.proboards.com . Retrieved 2017-12-29 . ^ "THE HANGING TREE - OLD TOWN BRAZORIA" . True Ghost Tales Of Brazoria County . Retrieved 2017-12-29 . ^ "The Hanging Tree" . Retrieved 2016-07-21 . ^ "Coldspring Hanging Tree" . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ "Columbus Hanging Tree" . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ "Justice and Injustice administered at hanging trees" . Henry Wolff Jr . 2003-03-09 . Retrieved 2016-07-21 . ^ "Columbus, Texas: The Handbook of Texas Online" . Retrieved 2016-07-21 . ^ "Texas Prosecutor Condones Lynching" . The New York Times . November 14, 1935. ^ "Colorado County Protects Womanhood" . Southwestern Historical Quarterly . Retrieved 2022-01-22 . ^ "Famous Hanging Tree, Goliad, Texas" . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ "The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search" . news.google.com . Retrieved 2017-12-28 . ^ "Hallettsville Hanging Tree" . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ "Hallettsville Hanging Tree" . texasforestservice.tamu.edu . Retrieved 2017-12-29 . ^ "Kyle Hanging Tree" . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ "The 'Hanging Tree' of Orange, Texas: Cross-Cut Saw Thwarted Judge Lynch" . W. T. Block . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ "Clarksville, Texas" . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ "The Hanging Oaks of Houston" . John Nova Lomax . 2009-07-17 . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ "The Old Hanging Oak - Downtown - Houston, TX" . Yelp . Retrieved 2017-12-29 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_hanging_trees&oldid=1253270716 " Categories : Hanging Capital punishment in

343-582: A small jail building in Old Town Calabasas, California . Died in the 1960s and felled by a storm in 1995. A second tree that still stands in Calabasas is also rumored to have been used for hangings, though there is debate as to which tree was the real hanging tree. Hangman's Tree: Juniper tree in Holcomb Valley , California , where the legal executions of at least four condemned men were performed in

392-510: Is a separate Jewish cemetery nearby with some markers restored, and there are also marked graves of Chinese. However, most of the loss was due to neglect of grave markers and theft of these wooden relics as souvenirs. For example, when former Tombstone Mayor John Clum visited Tombstone for the first Helldorado celebration in 1929, he was unable to locate the grave of his wife Mary, who had been buried in Boothill. The Tombstone "boothill" cemetery

441-603: Is any tree used to perform executions by hanging , especially in the United States . The term is also used colloquially in all English-speaking countries to refer to any gallows . Hanging trees in the United States by state [ edit ] Arizona Greaterville Hanging Tree: Oak tree outside of the ghost town Greaterville, Arizona, where Pima County police officers lynched two Mexican men for alleged cattle rustling and other crimes in 1915. Located along

490-470: Is likely a romanticized one. This postulates that the occupants of Boot Hills were cowboys who "died with their boots on", the implication here being they died violently, as in gunfights or by hanging, and not of natural causes. This idea is the most commonly cited on tourist websites . In addition to this claim having numerous problems in the logic used to support it (i.e., significant numbers of people die while wearing footwear, for all kinds of reasons), there

539-458: Is no evidence to suggest that gunfights and hangings were so ubiquitous that entire cemeteries all across the western U.S. needed to be devoted to these types of violent unnatural deaths. Despite the mystery of the term today, Boot Hill became a commonplace term for the neglected old municipal cemeteries throughout the U.S. West during the late 1800s and into the early 1900s as, more and more, families of means re-interred their deceased loved ones to

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588-707: Is now preserved and is located on State Highway 120. Jackson Hanging Tree: Live oak tree that once stood at 26 Main in Jackson, California , before being cut down following 1862 Jackson fire. Ten men were lynched from this tree between 1851 and 1855. A historical marker now marks its original location. New Almaden Hanging Tree: Oak tree located at the New Almaden Mine site in San Jose, California . Colorado The Hangin' Tree: Located in Montrose, Colorado , and used in

637-472: Is that those buried within either owned boots in such disrepair that no one salvaged the footwear, thus the footwear was left on the bodies at burial; or that the deceased owned no nicer formal clothing to place upon their bodies, which resulted in being interred wearing whatever clothing, and boots, they did possess. The second concept is fairly similar - that those buried within (having been hermits, passers-through, or vagrants) had no family to contact to claim

686-627: The Boot Hill Cemetery in Dodge City, Kansas . Massachusetts Gallows Hill: A large tree once located at Proctor's Ledge, near the base of Gallows Hill in Salem, Massachusetts , was probably the site of 19 executions in the 1692 Salem witch trials Montana Hangman's Tree: Ponderosa pine tree once located in Helena, Montana . Ten men were lynched from this tree between 1865 and 1870 by

735-688: The Helena Vigilantes . Felled by landowner, Methodist minister William Castlebury Shippen , in 1875. Two pieces of the tree now reside in the collection of the Montana Historical Society in Helena. Jefferson County Hanging Tree: Ponderosa pine tree allegedly used for hangings in the territorial period of the state's history. Located near Clancy , in Jefferson County, Montana . New Mexico Chloride Hanging Tree: Large oak tree in

784-484: The Neil Young song "Country Girl", that appears in his 1970 album with Crosby, Stills & Nash , " Déjà Vu ", is called "Whiskey Boot Hill". The Outlaws' song " Hurry Sundown " also references "lying" an unnamed character in "Boot Hill". Several themes from Bob Dylan 's soundtrack album " Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid " (1973) contain the verse "Up to Boot Hill they'd like to send ya". The song " The Ballad of Billy

833-420: The "Tombstone Cemetery", the plot features the graves of Billy Clanton , Frank McLaury and Tom McLaury ; the three men who were killed during the famed Gunfight at the O.K. Corral . Located on the northwest corner of the town, the graveyard is believed to hold over 300 persons, 205 of which are recorded. This was due to some people (especially Chinese and Jewish immigrants) being buried without record. There

882-514: The 1840s and 1880s. Cut down in 1892. Page's Tree: Used in the 1837 execution of a murderer named Page and two others. Located in the Clarksville, Texas , pioneer cemetery. The Old Hanging Oak: 400-year-old live oak tree in Houston, Texas . Said to have been used to hang eleven individuals between 1836 and 1845, and this or an unknown tree close to nearby Founder's Cemetery, several murderers after

931-601: The 1878 hanging of George Bikford, who was accused of robbery and horse theft . The tree, now dead, has been preserved and a historical marker has been placed at its location. Pueblo Hanging Tree: Formerly located on Union Avenue in Pueblo, Colorado . Felled June 25, 1883. Georgia Savannah Hanging Tree: Live oak located in Colonial Park Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia . Kansas Hangman's Tree: Located in

980-717: The Boothill Graveyard is open to the public for a $ 5 fee, and is a popular stop for tourists visiting Tombstone. The Boot Hill Museum is located on the original location of the Boot Hill Cemetery in Dodge City, Kansas. Boot Hill is the name of the cemetery in Dodge City in the Gunsmoke radio series . In many episodes, the marshal ( Matt Dillon ) would allude to "putting you in Boot Hill", or "another man headed to Boot Hill". In

1029-1086: The Civil War. Now preserved by the City of Houston Civic Center Department. Gallery [ edit ] [REDACTED] The lynching of murderer James Daniels from the Hangman's Tree in Helena, Montana, in 1866. [REDACTED] The Hanging Tree in Pueblo, Colorado, c. 1880. [REDACTED] The lynching of a man from the Hanging Tree in Orange, Texas, in 1888. [REDACTED] Hangman's Tree in Dodge City, Kansas. [REDACTED] Hangman's Elm in Manhattan's Washington Square Park. See also [ edit ] Dule tree Jail tree Moonah Creek Hanging Tree List of individual trees References [ edit ] ^ Pfeifer, Michael J. (2013). Lynching Beyond Dixie: American Mob Violence Outside

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1078-575: The Faint of Heart" . Archived from the original on 2016-08-06 . Retrieved 2011-11-18 . ^ "Dubious history marks bur oak tree in Tulsa" . Penny Owen . 2002-03-24 . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon . Caxton Press. pp.  179–180 . ISBN   9780870043321 . ^ "Was there really a hanging tree in Lafayette?" . Retrieved 2016-07-21 . ^ "An ax murder,

1127-611: The Goliad County court was held under this tree. Many hangings were performed here, including several during the 1857 Cart War between American and Mexican settlers. Hallettsville Hanging Tree: Live oak tree located in the Hallettsville, Texas , city park. Used for the September 12, 1879, execution of a Native American man known as "Pocket," who was found guilty of murdering an Englishman named Leonard Hyde in 1878. After breaking into

1176-484: The Kid " from Billy Joel 's 1973 Album Piano Man contains the lyrics "And he never had a sweetheart, but he finally found a home, underneath the boothill grave that bears his name". "Boot Hill" (unknown) is the first track on Stevie Ray Vaughan 's 1991 posthumous release The Sky is Crying . It was recorded in early 1989 and is one of the last fully produced songs completed prior to his untimely death in 1990. In Cricket ,

1225-467: The O.K. Corral (1957), during which it was repeatedly sung over the recurring title theme song by Frankie Laine . In the later half of the movie Laine changes the theme to: Boothill... Boothill... So cold... so still... There they lay side by side, the killers that died, in the Gunfight at O.K. Corral. Boot Hill is the name of a role playing game first published in 1975 by TSR, Inc. ,

1274-711: The Polk County Courthouse in Dallas, Oregon . Lafayette Hanging Tree: First used in 1863 and finally in 1887, when convicted murderer Richard Marple was hanged in what became known as "The Lafayette Gypsy Curse" incident. Formerly located on private property in Lafayette, Oregon ; cut down by property owners in the 1940s. Salem Hanging Tree: Located in Salem, Oregon . South Carolina Charleston Hanging Tree: Located in Charleston, South Carolina , and reputed to be

1323-525: The South . University of Illinois Press . pp.  125–127 . ISBN   9780252094651 . ^ "Vulture Mine Ghost Town Near Wickenburg Arizona" . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ "CALABASAS: Old 'Hanging Tree' Felled by Storm - latimes" . Frank Manning . 1995-01-27 . Retrieved 2016-07-21 . ^ "Hangmans Tree - Gold Fever Trail - Big Bear California" . 31 December 2007 . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ "Witness to

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1421-647: The alleged hunt, Pocket killed him with the pistol. Kyle Hanging Tree: Oak tree in Kyle, Texas . According to local lore, in the 1840s a group of cowboys stumbled across this tree and found a dead man hanging from it. The cowboys cut the man down and buried him at the base of the tree. Later the Kyle Cemetery formed up around the tree. Orange Hanging Tree: Pin oak tree once located on Main Street in Orange, Texas . In use between

1470-442: The deceased's valuables, which would include footwear. Both of these concepts–one of poverty and worthless unsalvageable boots, the other of no next-of-kin to transfer ownership of valuables to–rely on the fact that during the 1800s, footwear had become expensive commodities. This is because a shift in shoes occurred in the 19th century. While all clothing could be made by people in the 1800s with moderate sewing skills, and doing so

1519-429: The family home of a former slave named Frank Edwards, Pocket. who was drunk, threatened to kill Edwards after Edwards had "knocked him down." Pocket then rode his horse on an attempt to procure weapons, a pistol and shotgun, the latter from a farmer whom Hyde happened to be assisting. Pocket claimed he needed the shotgun for hunting a flock of wild turkeys he had just spotted, but when Hyde attempted to accompany Pocket on

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1568-542: The first season of the Gunsmoke television series , the introduction to each episode showed Matt Dillon walking around Boot Hill reflecting on the deaths of men buried there. Boot Hill cemetery is a main plot point in the Twilight Zone episode Mr. Garrity and the Graves . Boothill Graveyards are referenced in many films such as Tombstone (1993), Wyatt Earp (1994), The Magnificent Seven (1960) and Gunfight at

1617-588: The formation of the first Texas Masonic Lodge by early Texans (including Anson Jones, future third Republic of Texas President) who met under its branches in 1834, it is preserved and located in a park of the same name. Urban legend has it that from this same tree "two slaves were unjustly hanged" and their ghosts now haunt the area, causing horses to freeze under the tree and cars to stall. However, no details, evidence, or source material to confirm this internet claim can be found. The Brazoria area, which contains low moss-laden oaks, dense marshy woods and much wildlife along

1666-705: The ghost town of Chloride, New Mexico . New York Patchogue Hanging Tree: Located along the Swan River on Grove Street in Patchogue, New York . Oklahoma Creek Hanging Tree: A 200-year-old bur oak used for the hanging of cattle rustlers and Creek tribesmen. Located on Lawton Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma . Oregon Dallas Hanging Tree: Oak tree used in the 1887 lynching of Oscar Kelty, who murdered his wife, and as recently as 1900 for legal hangings as Polk County, Oregon 's official gallows . Located near

1715-457: The historic San Jacinto County jail building. Columbus Hanging Tree: Live oak located just outside Columbus, Texas . Long after Texas enacted laws banning the act, two African-American teenagers named Bennie Mitchell, Jr. and Ernest Collins were lynched from this tree in 1935, after being forcibly taken from the Sheriff's protective custody by a masked mob who surrounded his car as he transported

1764-540: The late 19th century. Hangman's Tree: Sycamore tree located on the Irvine Ranch in Orange County, California . In 1857 General Andres Pico hanged two bandits from this tree. A historical marker now commemorates the event. "Hangmans" Tree: Oak tree, now dead, in the ghost town of Second Garrotte, California, which was first settled in 1849. As many as 60 people were hanged from this tree. The remaining tree stump

1813-671: The more elegant and exclusive grounds of the newer for-profit cemeteries. However, some Boot Hills became famous, such as the original in Dodge City, Kansas, or the Boot Hill in Tombstone, Arizona , because of three men involved in the so-called O.K. Corral shootout still being buried there. The most notable use of the name "Boot Hill" is at the Boothill Graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona. 31°43′11.6″N 110°04′13.6″W  /  31.719889°N 110.070444°W  / 31.719889; -110.070444  ( Boothill Graveyard ) Formerly called

1862-420: The name "Boot Hill", the first graveyard named "Boot Hill" was at Hays, Kansas , five years before the founding of Dodge City, Kansas . The meaning of why cemeteries were called "Boot Hills" has been lost, but there are three plausible reasons. The first possible meaning of the term is based on poverty and alludes to the fact that many of the cemeteries' occupants were vagrants, or the impoverished. The concept

1911-765: The original on 2016-08-18 . Retrieved 2016-07-21 . ^ "Cemetery of the Week #95: Dodge City's Boot Hill" . Loren Rhoads . 2013-04-03 . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ Baker, Emerson W. "The Gallows Hill Project" . The Gallows Hill Project . Salem State University. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019 . Retrieved 24 March 2017 . ^ "Hanging Tree - Helena, Montana" . Retrieved 2016-07-21 . ^ "Hanging tree in Jeffco 02" . 17 November 2014 . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ "Chloride New Mexico" . Retrieved 2016-07-20 . ^ "The Hanging Tree, A Haunted Spot Not For

1960-403: The original publisher of Dungeons & Dragons . It was the third game released by TSR and notable as one of the first games to use ten-sided dice. Finnish Western writer Esa Paloniemi published his collection of Western short stories Saapaskukkula (Boothill) in 2024. Boot Hill also appears in the first-person shooter video game Borderlands 2 , located in 'The Dust', and playing home to

2009-429: The patrol back to Camp Verde to resolve the issue. While en route to Camp Verde, some soldiers decided to execute the immigrant group. Other soldiers objected, but when the major failed to take charge, the dissenters fled to report the planned executions. At daybreak, the patrol passed through the nearby town Bandera, Texas, with some soldiers wearing the victims' clothes and leading the victims' horses. Townsfolk discovered

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2058-680: The river bottom, is the subject of many such fantastic horror tales, including other hangings of "unidentified" people, screams from the woods in the night, and devil worship. Centerville Hanging Tree: Formerly located in front of the courthouse in Centerville, Texas . Used to hang two outlaws shortly after the end of the American Civil War and later in 1915 to hang a black man accused of murdering Centerville resident Jim Sinclair. Coldspring Hanging Tree: Oak tree in Coldspring, Texas , near

2107-600: The site where Denmark Vesey and 34 of his followers were hanged in 1822. South Dakota Hangman's Tree: Located on a ridge, formerly known as Hangman's Hill, in Dinosaur Park in Rapid City, South Dakota . Texas Bandera Hanging Tree: Located on the Hanging Tree Ranch south of Bandera, Texas . On July 25, 1863, Confederate soldiers on patrol from nearby Camp Verde detained and summarily executed

2156-483: The term 'Boot Hill' is used to refer to the fielding position of short-leg because of its proximity to the batsman and high likelihood of being hit by the ball, making the position particularly dangerous. Players fielding in this position typically wear a helmet and other protection. In the comic book series Preacher , the Saint of Killers rests at a tomb on Boot Hill when not actively pursuing his goals. Boot Hill Cemetery

2205-516: The victims' bodies naked and unburied near the oak tree. The victims' money was never recovered. The Major (Anderson) that was responsible for the murderous Confederate soldiers was tried (in absentia) in a U.S. court, found guilty, and sentenced to death. Major Anderson was never found, in order to carry out his sentence. Brazoria Hanging Tree: Located in Brazoria, Texas . Known as the Masonic Oak for

2254-593: The young men to court. The teens had confessed to raping and murdering a local 19-year-old high school valedictorian named Geraldine Kollman, but were too young to face any severe penalty under the law. The two teens had also implicated a third older man, who had earlier been questioned and released, but he could not be found again. The tree still stands on the outskirts of Columbus, Texas, not far from where Miss Kollman had been murdered near her family's home. Goliad Hanging Tree: Large oak tree in Goliad, Texas . For 24 years

2303-403: Was closed in late 1886, as the new "City Cemetery" on Allen Street opened. Thereafter, Boothill was referred to as the "old city cemetery" and neglected. It was used after that only to bury a few later outlaws (some legally hanged and one shot in a robbery), as well as a few colorful Western characters and one man (Emmett Crook Nunnally) who had spent many volunteer hours restoring it. Currently,

2352-410: Was made from pliable materials to stiff form-keeping leathers, allowing for footwear that was no longer ambidextrous, but tailored to each foot's specific shape, as well as individual length and width. This required further craftsmanship and work to create specifically bespoke footwear. Thus, the increased cost of Victorian footwear makes either of these two theories the most plausible. The third concept

2401-432: Was quite common in the western frontier of the U.S., making shoes and boots had become a craft of cordwainers that required the expensive technical skills and specialized tools of the shoe makers. Prior to this era, everyday wear shoes and boots were frequently made from materials, and in limited pattern sizes, that could be easily made at home, then buckled and laced-up to create a formed fit for various sized feet. A switch

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