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  John Behan
John Behan was born in Westport, Missouri, on 25th October, 1845.
Behan arrested Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp, Morgan Earp and Doc Holliday for murder of Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury and Frank McLaury.
Behan was also employed as a government special agent in China during the Boxer Rebellion.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WWbehan.htm   (1367 words)

  
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Behan proceeded to encourage the lawlessness that had overtaken the town while keeping up a clever facade of fulfilling his obligations as sheriff.
Behan is known to have had a direct role in the battle between the Earps and the cowboys which culminated in the OK Corral shootout.
Former Cochise County Sheriff John H. Behan died of Bright's disease and acute hardening of the arteries in 1912 at the age of 66.
www.angelfire.com /co4/earpgang/behan.html   (1445 words)

  
 The Kenny Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
John Behan has made a mark in our collective imagination, that his work for many of us represents different stages of our life to us, that by now its simply part of our mental furniture.
John has told me he feels this process to be a 'loosening out', a return to original ideas and expanding on them: 'subject-driven' is how he describes this exhibition, to consciously distinguish it from previous exhibitions in which, he says, definite themes prevailed.
John Behan restores us through magic and music there is music here too if one looks, listens carefully to an infinitely more precious place, where basic things were true and we were grateful in the world and full of wonder.
www.thekennygallery.ie /artists/behanjohn   (2025 words)

  
 Behan, Sir John Clifford Valentine (1881 - 1957) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
BEHAN, Sir JOHN CLIFFORD VALENTINE (1881-1957), educationist, was born on 8 May 1881 at Footscray, Victoria, ninth child of William Behan, clerk, storekeeper and son of a schoolteacher, and his wife Phoebe Hannah, née Gundry.
Behan's ambition was to realize the aim stated by the college founders that Trinity should be an incorporated body, governed on the Oxford model by a provost and fellows, instead of by an external council.
Behan agreed that such a demand was inadmissible, but the issue had raised such clerical anxieties as to increase opposition to his own proposals for incorporation and internal government.
www.adb.online.anu.edu.au /biogs/A070244b.htm   (995 words)

  
 Wyatt Earp Page 2
Josephine Knew about Behan's dealings with the Cowboys who were rustling their fair share of cattle and she had even seen him accepting money from them before moving in with Wyatt.
Word was that if Behan got the job of sheriff that he would hire Wyatt as his assistent and pay him half the money he made while sheriff, if Wyatt would not pursue the job himself.
John Behan : On the day of the 26th I heard in the barber shop that trouble was about to start.
www.geocities.com /greyno1457/WyattEarpPage2.html   (1112 words)

  
 The Voice Ledger - Town's future look up for discussion
Behan noted that New York State is a leader in conservation and listed the tools available to communities seeking to preserve open space.
Behan noted that voters in Red Hook had approved a referendum for a $3.5 million bond authorization to allocate toward specific conservation projects.
Behan stressed that such a measure was not a blank check and the town would not borrow any money before a specific project was identified.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=11058894&BRD=1721&PAG=461&dept_id=72149&rfi=6   (819 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: John Harris Behan: Sacrificed Sheriff: Books: Bob Alexander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
John Harris Behan, as author Bob Alexander so capably demonstrates, was a true frontiersman of the early Arizona Territory.
Behan also was a Civil War volunteer, twice a Territorial Legislator, and Yuma Prison Superintendent.
Behan is nothing less than a partiot who served his country well while the Earps were seeking personal wealth and self-agrandized fame.
www.amazon.ca /John-Harris-Behan-Sacrificed-Sheriff/dp/0944383564   (466 words)

  
 Wyatt Earp: Knight with a Six-Shooter
(In a twist of fate, Behan had introduced the two.) To Wyatt, Josie provided a fresh outlet from the growing problems in his relationship with Mattie; her laudanum dependency had worsened and, even before Josie appeared in the picture, she was rabidly possessive of Wyatt.
Behan had adamantly refused to accept Josie’s sincere apologies and fell in deeper with the Clantons to warp the Earps at every turn.
Because John Behan had offered him the job, Wyatt sensed a setup and, pondering it, came to the conclusion that it was a move designed to keep him too preoccupied from guarding Wells Fargo shipments.
www.crimelibrary.com /gangsters_outlaws/outlaws/earp/10.html   (1064 words)

  
 Johnny Ringo - Tombstone
After leaving Texas, John Ringo drifted to the frontier territory of Arizona, which by 1879 was already experiencing depredation along the border with Mexico.
Behan released Ringo prior to his bond being accepted by the court.
By the way, [speaking to Earp] John Ringo wanted me to say to you, that if any fighting came up between you all, he wanted you to understand that he would have nothing to do with it; that he was going to look after himself, and anybody else could do the same.
www.johnnyringo.com /jraz.html   (2186 words)

  
 Consultant summarizes changes.
John Behan of Behan Planning Associates, who served as a consultant to the task force along with Chris Einstein of Clough Harbour and Associates, said the refinements were based on the draft plan submitted in May, but that the
In fact, Behan said that at this point, he does not envision any building moratoriums while the plan is in progress.
Behan also stressed that the committee is not angling to take away anyone's property rights through regulations.
www.capital.net /~force/gs321pl.html   (841 words)

  
 American Dream Show - JOHN BEHAN
Behan's military career began with an initial assignment with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea after being honored as the "outstanding man" at the Marine Corps Training Depot located at Parris Island, South Carolina.
Behan was selected to captain the amputee team, and received one gold, three silver, and one bronze medal.
Behan was honored to lead along with Mayor Ed Koch New York City's "Welcome Home Parade to Vietnam Veterans" down the famed canyon of heroes.
www.americandreamshow.com /John_Behan.htm   (917 words)

  
 The Complete List of Old West Lawmen
John Barclay Armstrong (1850-1913) - He enlisted with the Travis Rifles in 1871 and joined the Texas Rangers in 1875, where he helped in the capture John King Fisher in 1874 and tracked and captured John Wesley Hardin in 1877.
John Beckwith (1853-1879) - Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff William Brady during the Lincoln County War of New Mexico, was killed by a rustler.
John X. Beidler (1831-1890) - A farmer in Kansas, Beidler was associated with John Brown before the abolitionist was executed.
www.legendsofamerica.com /WE-LawmenList.html   (1591 words)

  
 Celerity - Management Team - John Behan
John Behan co-founded Celerity in 1989, and is currently Director of Sales and Marketing, where he has prime responsibility for Customer Accounts.
John is a true believer in the need to frame all investments with the end consumer in mind.
John is a technical representative on the pan-European standardisation project concerning the migration from EDIFACT to XML format for filing of statutory forms.
www.celerity.ie /AboutUs/JohnBehan.asp   (220 words)

  
 Grand Old Partisan: John C. Fremont, Republican hero
John C. Fremont was the territorial governor of Arizona in the late 1870s – 1881.
Not only was he guilty of pandering to the Democrat controlled legislature and press, but he failed to notice John Behan’s baser characteristics, including allegations of spousal abuse and in competency while working in Prescott.
In referring to Governor John C. Fremont, it was written, “…on the face of it he seemed to be the carpetbagger par excellence.” Fremont was one of the great American tragedies.
grandoldpartisan.typepad.com /blog/2007/01/john_fremont_re.html   (1029 words)

  
 Books : John H. Behan: Sacrificed Sheriff
John Harris Behan, as author Bob Alexander so capably demonstrates, was a true frontiersman of the early Arizona Territory.
It provides a wealth of factual information about John Behan, the Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, when the city of Tombstone reached its pinnacle of fame as the site of the so-called Gunfight at the OK Corral and the surrounding events.
Behan's reputation, as Bob Alexander vehemently protests, has long been assailed through innuendo and an unfairly selective use of evidence, painting him as a weak and corrupt opponent of Wyatt...
www.pppindia.com /cgi-bin/shop/bab_products_catalog.cgi?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=0944383580   (444 words)

  
 John Behan Patent Inventor Kent, GB
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The patent applicatons displayed about John Behan's patent applications are for a recent sample of patent applications.
If John Behan filed recent patent applications under another name, spelling or location then those applications could be listed on an alternate page.
www.freshpatents.com /John-Martin-Behan-Kent-invdirb.php   (157 words)

  
 The Tombstone McLaury's - Key Tombstone Townfolk
Behan was key in the development of the fued between the Earp and cowboy factions.
Although Behan seemed to have won the overall battle against the Earps, by removing them from town, he to had lost favor in the eyes of Tombstone and soon left, himself.
Like John Clum, Parsons was a life-long friend of Wyatt and was a pallbearer at his funeral.
cp1237.com /frankandtom/towners.htm   (555 words)

  
 Ancestry.com - Bahan Board - ANTHONY and JOHN BEHAN (LATER JOHN A. BAHAN)
In the 1881 census for Heston, Middlesex, England (page 22) John Behan (age 6 (1875) born in Stepney, Middlesex, England, occupation scholar) and his brother Anthony Behan (age 10 (1871) born in Stepney, Middlesex, England, occupation scholar) were inmates in North Hyde Hounslow St Marys Orphanage.
John was in the Stepney Union before he left for Canada.
John A. Bahan immigrated in 1894 to the U.S.A. where he married and had a family.
boards.ancestry.com /mbexec?htx=message&r=an&p=surnames.bahan&m=34   (265 words)

  
 The McLaury Brother's Tombstone Story pt.II
Behan claimed to have seen two riders speed past on the rode and that he had thought one to be Virgil (later he realized it was Wyatt).
Virgil Earp and John Behan may or may not have known, as they led the posse back into Tombstone, just how much the rift had widened between their two factions.
According to the account given by John P. Gray, his brother, Dixie Lee, had come in separately and invited to bed down in the camp, Ernshaw had been on a milk cow buying trip and Crane was on his way to Tombstone turn himself in.
www.cp1237.com /frankandtom/mclhist3.htm   (4764 words)

  
 John (Doc) Holliday
John (Doc) Holliday was born in Griffin, Georgia, on 14th August, 1851.
Holliday was soon in trouble and Sheriff John Behan arrested him on suspicion of killing a stage driver during an attempted hold-up outside of town.
John Behan now headed towards the advancing group of men.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WWhollidayD.htm   (2729 words)

  
 Minutes 1/12/06
behan stating where it says board of education facilities (middle School), it says 15 acres, is that from the white horse pike all the way down including the ball field?
behan stating his family does an adopt a road each year in laurel springs and it is $500.00 a year that is given.
behan stating he goes through the county and will get the information.
www.lindenwold.net /new_page_99.htm   (1490 words)

  
 Home Page
John Behan: Pima and Cochise County Sheriff and Earp opponent in Tombstone.
John Behan was born in what is now Kansas City, Missouri on October 23, 1845.
John Ringo: John Ringo was probably born in 1842 or 1843.
www.oldwesthistory.net /page39.html   (4312 words)

  
 Every Town has a Story...Tombstone has a website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
John H. "Doc" Holliday was a dentist by training, who contracted tuberculosis and came west for his health.
For example, her relationship with Behan was strictly off limits, although it provided an important backdrop for many of the events in Tombstone.
John Behan became the Sheriff of Cochise County when it was carved out of nearby Pima County in 1881.
home.earthlink.net /~dsj411/tombst.htm   (2572 words)

  
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Briggs Goodrich, his attorney appeared at the jail and told Sheriff John Behan that he had arranged for Ringo's bond.
Behan released Ringo prior to his bond being accepted by the court.
John Ringo had visited 23 countries and attended 14 schools by the time he graduated high school.
www.lycos.com /info/ringo--john-ringo.html   (653 words)

  
 Your Page
John Ringo probably returned to Tombstone with Behan's posse and then left the town.
John Ringo's robbery hearing was scheduled to begin on May 12th.
One of these men is John Ringo, who jumped on the stage of a variety theater in tombstone one night about three weeks ago, and took all the jewels from the proprietor's wife in full view of the audience."
members.tripod.com /~Tombstonehistory/jrmarch.html   (563 words)

  
 GUNFIGHT ON TOMBSTONE'S FREMONT STREET
An interesting note concerns John Behan who is County Sheriff of Cochise County, of which Tombstone is the county seat.
Though Behan was present at, or near, the scene of the shoot out that took place in the vicinity of the OK Corral, he offered no assistance to the local law enforcement involved, other than to claim he had, previous to the fight, unarmed those opposing the Earps.
For Behan to continue in his present position, at his term’s expiration, it is required by law for him to run for election.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/great_american_plains/95854   (526 words)

  
 Behan Planning - Firm  Description
Behan began his independent consulting planning practice in 1995 and formed Behan Planning Associates in 1998.
Behan's work, which he considers creative collaborations with his clients and their constituencies, has been recognized with several national planning and conservation awards.
Behan's experience includes environmental reviews under NEPA, SEQR, and MEPA, comprehensive planning at a municipal, multi-community, and regional scale, waterfront revitalization, greenway and open space, and resource conservation planning, grant writing, and economic development planning projects.
www.behanplanning.com /bpafiles/staff.htm   (650 words)

  
 0944383564 - John Harris Behan by Bob Alexander - 9780944383568
John Harris Behan was a true frontiersman of the early Arizona Territory, says Bob Alexander.
Long portrayed as a villain in the Tombstone conflicts, and the nemesis of Wyatt Earp, Behan's real story is that of a 40-year lawman and public servant who was skilled with gun and horse, yet who consistently fought crime and arrested bad guys without killing anyone.
At an age when some Western "heroes" were mouthing memoirs to journalists, Behan served in the Spanish American War and the Boxer Rebellion.
www.biblio.com /isbn/0944383564.html   (808 words)

  
 Commonwealth Watch: Wish I'd Have Said That   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
For example, if John and Jane Doe are happily married with kids, then, damn it, a just society would grant Jane’s “sisters,” Jean and Joan, the right to the same thing.
Jane and John have probably figured out their roles in parenting and marriage; they’ve submitted themselves to their physical natures.
We can assume that John and Jane were created to be heterosexual, and that they are, in fact "submitting" to their nature, if you want to put it that way.
commonwealthwatch.blogspot.com /2006/04/wish-id-have-said-that.html   (3087 words)

  
 Gunfight at the OK Corral
The two men also clashed over the decision by Behan to arrest Doc Holliday on suspicion of killing a stagecoach driver during an attempted hold-up outside of town.
Sheriff John Behan was in town and when he heard what was happening he raced to Fremont Street and urged Billy Clanton and Frank McLaury to hand over their guns to him.
Sheriff John Behan arrested Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp, Morgan Earp and Doc Holliday for the murder of Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury and Frank McLaury.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WWokcorral.htm   (1787 words)

  
 Testimonials
Having been an engraver for over thirty-five years and with equal experience inspecting antique ones, I am considered to be an experienced consultant and appraiser.
The contents of this letter strictly refers to the John Behan-Cochise Co. Suspension Badge.
At the base of the crescents the name "John Behan" in script.
www.lonetreeantiques.com /testimonials.htm   (634 words)

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