Trans-Pecos Trivia
by Charles Angell
2. In what town did Bill Leaton, son of
Ben Leaton, shoot and kill John Burgess
on Christmas Day 1875 to avenge his
stepfather’s death ?
a) Fort Davis
c) Marfa
b) Ruidosa
d) Marathon
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3. Pablo Acosta, the infamous drug lord of
the Big Bend during the 1980s, died in
what town?
a) San Antonio del Bravo, Mexico
b) Jimenez, Mexico
c) Redford, Texas
d) Santa Elena, Mexico
4. What member of the Jesse Evans Gang
of outlaws was shot and killed July 3,
1880 in the Chinati Mountains by Texas
Rangers?
a) Bill Goodlet
b) George Davis
c) William Bonney
d) Black Jack Ketchum
5. In 1912, Sanderson was the site of what’s
been called “the last full-sized train rob-
bery in Texas.” Ben Kilpatrick and Ole
Hobek were killed during the attempted
robbery.
What
famous
outlaw gang was Kilpatrick a previous
member of ?
a) The Newton Boys
b) Chico Cano
c) Butch Casssidy’s Wild Bunch
d) Pablo Menudo and the McPhails
BONUS: Ben Kilpatrick also rode and
committed robberies with what other above
mentioned outlaw?
Answers: 1-D, 2-A, 3-D, 4-B, 5-C • Bonus: Black Jack Ketchum
1. Max Ernst, who ran the Big Tinaja
Store near Boquillas, Mexico, was shot
three times and killed in 1908. Before
dying he wrote a note alleging a member
of what family was the responsible party?
a) Jimenez
c) La Noria
b) Ellis
d) Solis
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