Dakota Datebook: A Scotsman's Nose in Jamestown

Born in Couper of Fife, Scotland, Jim Lees arrived in Jamestown on July 3 in 1872. Lees, like his contemporary Limpy Jack Clayton, ran a saloon.

Soldiers from nearby Ft. Seward were frequent customers in Jamestown saloons. On one occasion, a short Irish soldier named Cochran picked a fight with the much larger Lees. Things heated up, and the Irishman leapt across the bar and onto Lees' back.

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