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El Centro, Growth
Early November 1910
It was a fateful, cold, and windy day in November 1910 when four men rode out of Yuma together. Two fathers and two sons rode side by each in the fashion of the Army, two by two with the pack horse trailing Manny to start out the trip. They would alternate having the pack horse behind them, meaning they would alternate being in a lead or following position. The horses were at a trot until they reached the ferry crossing the Colorado River.
Each man wore a pistol or two. Ross Hendershot wore two, one on his left hip as ever and one in a shoulder holster. He also carried a Henry repeating rifle loaded with fifteen rounds of 44-40 ammunition. The two pistols he wore were Colt manufactured, called by virtually all western men Peacemakers, in .45 cal
