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King of the Frontier Con Men: The Ballad of Soapy Smith
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:56:15
Publish Date: 2022-03-31 09:00:00
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The grandson of a Georgia plantation owner, “Soapy” Smith turned to crime when his family’s morally-criminal fortunes vanished at the end of the Civil War. Travelling from Texas to Colorado to Alaska, Smith was a natural leader who couldn’t help but expand his short con mini-gangs into full-fledged political and criminal empires. But how on earth did he get the name “Soapy”? A very clever flimflam and a cop gave him the moniker that made him famous.

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