Carter-Ripley County MO Archives News.....Webb Boys  1974
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Prospect News , Doniphan Ripley Co., MO. 1974
according to Andy Patterson, who was postmaster at Lee, in Carter County, a 
small post office located between Hunter and Grandin. Patterson's article 
appeared in the Prospect News in Doniphan January 14, 1881. Z. Lee Stokely, 
Ozark Sportsman and Outdoor Writer, picked the article up and reprinted it in 
the January 24, 1951 issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which stated in part 
that "snow fell last night to the depth of four inches, and hunting time was 
over. The Webb boys - Eli, Frank and Ike - killed over 200 deer in the fall and 
winter, besides several wildcats and catamounts. They sold over 4,000 pounds of 
venison hams and 1500 pounds of peltry." The hams sold mostly for eight cents 
and peltry at forty-seven cents per pound. The three boys during the last week 
of hunting, killed 46 deer, one killed 13, another 15 and the other 18.
.....Marketing hunting at that time was not prohibited in Missouri and the 
three brothers, experts that they must have been with their deer rifles, were 
certainly looked on with admiration and respect by the citizenry of the 
sparsely settled Ozark foothills. Their deeds of daring, so the articles 
pointed out, along with the necessary skill were possibly related around the 
hearthstones of many a log cabin on cold wintry nights, and Postmaster Andy 
Patterson pointed out that he wanted the world to know of their prowess!
.....While the Webb brothers set their aim on deer and wild turkey, wild 
pigeons came into the wilderness south of Fremont and they were among the first 
to shoot the birds for gain. The pigeons were so thick they would break 
branches off trees when lighting. The three would shoot all night and gather 
dead pigeons in the morning. These birds were hauled to Piedmont, the nearest 
railroad point at that time, and shipped to St. Louis. They, along with a few 
others, shot so persistently the pigeons migrated to the east coast of the 
United States. Of the four, Eli Webb was reputed to be the "reckless" one and 
is said to have ridden with a wild bunch during his early days, but lived a 

Additional Comments:
Fist Print  Prospect News Jan 14, 1881
Second St. Louis Post-Dispatch January 24, 1951.

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