Horse Creek, California
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Horse Creek, California | |
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Area code | 530 |
GNIS feature ID | 1658780[1] |
Horse Creek is an unincorporated community in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Horse Creek is located along California State Route 96 19 miles (31 km) west-northwest of Yreka.
The Brite Brothers
On August 29, 1936, ex-convicts John and Coke Brite shot and killed
Folsom Prison for their safety. Davis, a native American, refused to prosecute, due to conflicting testimony of witness, believing they had been set up and were justified in self-defense for being set upon in the dead of night as they lie sleeping outdoors and clubbed by deputies, and was soon to be voted out of office. The Brite Brothers were convicted and sentenced to death, however appeals reduced the sentence to life in prison. They were both paroled in 1951, after efforts of author Earle Stanley Gardner's 'Court of Last Resort', but were soon back in prison, where they died.[2]
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