Battle of Stone Corral
36°30′50″N 119°10′51″W / 36.513851°N 119.180784°W / 36.513851; -119.180784Also known as Gunfight at Stone Corral Participants Chris Evans; John Sontag Outcome 1 killed
2 wounded Gunfights Duels and
showdowns Feuds Range
wars Robberies See also
2 wounded
The Battle of Stone Corral, also known as the Gunfight at Stone Corral, occurred in June 1893 and was the final shootout during the pursuit of the Sontag-Evans Gang. After months of searching and several previous encounters, a small posse under the command of Marshal George E. Gard ambushed John Sontag and Chris Evans at a corral near Visalia, California.[1][2][3][4]
See also
California portal
External links
- Stone Corral Monument
References
- ^ "Gunfight at Stone Corral". Retrieved June 18, 2012.
- ^ "Newspaper Coverage of the Evans & Sontag Story: The Examiner, San Francisco, Tuesday Morning, June 13, 1893, Vol. LVI, No. 164, p1". June 24, 2004. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
- ^ Smith, Wallace; William B. Secrest (2004). Garden of the sun: a history of the San Joaquin Valley, 1772-1939. Linden Publishing. ISBN 978-0-941936-77-4.
- ^ Duke, Thomas Samuel (1910). "SONTAG AND EVANS, NOTORIOUS TRAIN ROBBERS, MURDERERS AND JAIL BREAKERS. (From Police Records and George Sontag's Statement to the Author.)". Celebrated Criminal Cases of America. San Francisco: James H. Barry Company. pp. 276–286. OCLC 3811019.
By Thomas Samuel Duke, Captain of Police, San Francisco; Published with Approval of the Honorable Board of Police Commissioners of San Francisco, 1910. (Public Domain Free Download)
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