Photos from The Wild West That Were Preserved Forever

Charley Nebo

Charley Nebo was born in 1842 to an English father and Canadian mother. He was a well-known cow-poke who spent his life in Texas, New Mexico, and Nebraska. He started working for John Chisum's cattle empire in 1878. He had become handicapped in the Civil War and became a stockman for Chisum's empire.

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