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THIS STORY:

John "Liver-Eating" Johnson, born John Jeremiah Garrison Johnston, was said to be a mountain man of the American Old West. He was born with the last name Garrison, in the area of the Hickory Tavern near Pattenburg, New Jersey. During the Mexican–American War he served aboard a fighting ship. After striking an officer, he deserted, changed his name to John Johnston, and traveled west to try his hand at gold digging in Alder Gulch, Montana Territory. He then became a "woodhawk," supplying cord wood to steamboats. He also trapped wolves.

Rumors and legends about Johnson started to grow. Perhaps top among them is that in 1847, his wife, a member of the Flathead American Indian tribe, was killed by Crow braves, which prompted Johnson to embark on a vendetta against the tribe.
Legends grew; It was then said that he killed and scalped more than 300 Crow Indians and then devoured their livers to avenge the death of his wife. It went on from there.

The movie with Robert Redford "Jeremiah Johnson" was based on him - and it is now proven to be all fake. Redford and crew didn't know it back then. As the 20th century turned, this whole legend unraveled. Most of these stories were lies perpetuated by a popular book called "Crow Killer", by Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker.

But an archivist at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West Museum in Cody Wyoming named Nathan Bender paints the true story of this man. He has since written the new introduction of the book "Crow Killer".

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The Angel face you see is the Haserot, named “The Angel of Death Victorious". The stoic angel is seated on the marble gravestone of canning entrepreneur Francis Haserot and his family. Holding an extinguished torch upside-down, it represents a symbol of life extinguished. Wings are outstretched and the gaze is straight ahead.
IN THE END, DEATH ALWAYS WINS. LEST THE FACES NOT BE FORGOTTEN...

This channel is focused on casually walking and viewing a handful of the thousands of forgotten names and faces at various cemeteries near and afar. Seeing their faces up close. And when able, telling the stories behind their names.

Most graves are unknown and lost to history.
Some are famous.
And some infamous....
....and some with tragic endings.

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