He grew up poor in Fort Scott, Kansas—a cowboy by twelve and a drifter by fate. …
He grew up poor in Fort Scott, Kansas—a cowboy by twelve and a drifter by fate. George Newcomb, known as “Bitter Creek” and sometimes the Slaughter Kid, made his way south to Texas, riding for the great C.C. Slaughter on the Long S Ranch. But the honest work of cattle soon gave way to the […]








