Light Weights

Wichita Weekly Eagle 1872-12-26 p2 (List of 13 men in El Paso over 6 feet tall).png

Title

Light Weights

Description

List of some tall men in El Paso

Creator

Wichita City Eagle

Source

Wichita City Eagle
Wichita, KS
Dec. 26, 1872
Page 2
Accessed at Newspapers.com

Rights

Public Domain

Text

12/21/1872 (Wichita Weekly Eagle 12/26/1872 p2)
Correspondence of the Eagle.

Light Weights

El Paso, Sedgwick County, Kan.,
December 21, 1872.

Mr. Editor: I take the liberty of sending you an item for the Eagle.

Giants are not all dead yet, for we have them in and about El Paso. I will give you a few samples:

Name. Height. Weight.
Daniel Little……………………………............………… 6-7 245
Calvin Little………………………………………............ 6-6 220
J. B. Otto……………………………………...............…… 6-5 208
Thomas Harding………………………………........... 6-4 195
David Brownlee………………………………….......... 6-4 180
Isaac C. Costin…………………………………............. 6-4 180
George Litzenberg……………………………........... 6-3 150
Wm. Harding……………………………………............. 6-2 190
C. C. Rushing……………………………………............. 6-2 170
James Douglas…………………………………............ 6-2 185
Thomas Barnes………………………………….......... 6-2 185
Stephen Hatfield…………………………………....... 6-2 185
Jahew Hatfield…………………………………............. 6-1 170

And I could give you a company who measure six feet, or a little over. If any other community can beat this I will send you a few more names. The weight in all instances above is not exactly accurate, but approximates correctness.

Respectfully,
Dr. Tucker.

Citation

Wichita City Eagle, “Light Weights,” Derbykshistory, accessed March 29, 2024, https://derbykshistory.com/items/show/83.

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