More to come about Mysterious Dave-probably be later in the year though

Thank you!

Very interesting! Have you made a copy of the stories and donated it to a local museum? It's stories like that that help fill in the cracks for historians-like you said it might not be completely historically accurate but is still very useful to historians. At the very least it shows your grandfather's perspective and opinion on the matter. Do you know the name of the sheriff turned outlaw?

@@legacyofthewest I have copies of all of the stories, but I haven't donated them. I will consider that when I decide the best museum. Where I live there are no good western museums. I have the name of the sheriff, it is with my papers and are currently stored. I will get them out of storage as soon as I can and let you know the name. My grandfather was always chasing an outlaw named Red Buck. I have heard about Red Buck and how cold blooded he was from other sources. My great great grandfather, James Monroe's father was Warren Angus Ferris and spent from 1830-1835 working for fur trappers in the Rocky Mountains. He worked for Hudson Bay and the American Fur Company. While out there he kept a daily diary, which he released monthly to a newspaper. In the 40's the book was published as Life In The Rocky Mountains by Warren Angus Ferris. the book was reprinted in the 1980's and is now out of print. Warren drew the first map of the Yellowstone area with the guisers from memory. The map was very accurate and was used for many years. The book is known as an accurate source of information about the true ways of the mountain men and the different tribes of Indians they encountered. After Warren returned from the mountains he joined his brother, who fought with Sam Houston at San Jacinto and the two started a survey company. Warren Angus Ferris surveyed the original downtown area of what is now Dallas Texas. He layed the streets out with the Trinity river which is why the streets don't run North and South. I am currently the caretaker of the Gunters 66ft. chain that he used to survey the town of Warwick, which is now Dallas Texas.

@@jamesferris4573 It is important to find the right museum! You could make multiple copies and keep the originals to pass down in the family. You have an incredible family history-I'm going to have to look into some of that-the diary sounds very interesting. I'm long on video ideas and short on time, but I'll have to look up these stories-even if I don't make a video about them I want to read up on them, thank you!

Thank you! That means a lot!

Thank you! Glad you're liking the channel!

Thank you!

Thank you!!!

More to come!

Yup, got two more video ideas for him-I've got some other stuff planned so not sure when I'll get back to him tho

It okay 👍 just keep the stories coming 🙂

Thank you! More to come!

More on the way!

Glad you like them! There are so many great tales of the wild west to cover

Yeah Tom probably thought he was better with a revolver than he was-he had thought he had killed Dave-and then when Dave's chance came he took it

@@legacyofthewest The Quigley Conundrum? lol

Just like his nickname-Mather's fate is rather mysterious-there are different stories about what happened to him-eventually I want to do a couple more videos on him explaining what may have been his fate

I'm a direct descendant of mysterious Dave Mather, and maybe the last direct descendant, and have the same shape, and hands, at his age of course! Going to visit Dodge city one day, that would be interesting to the locals!

@@silvereagle1960 cool I've been reading up on him a little and he's one of my favorites.

What this guy said! Thank you Bald Eagle-much appreciated!

@@legacyofthewest And I appreciate you and your channel.