quote:Here's all I really knew of Kansas "history" growing up as a child in Texas.
Charlie?!
We've got species-confused Duck
And gender confused Fred.
I expected something along the lines of Godzilla, Robotech, Mothra, Sasquatch, Mokele-mbembe, or some other mythical creature to keep the streak alive.
...Kansans, particularly law enforcement (in the 1860s-80s) were all A-holes. they hated Texans, screwed them on prices, liked to thump well behaved Texas cowboys on the head with pistol butts and throw them in jail for letting off a little steam after a cattle drive.
Well, I researched (not at all thoroughly) the town where this pup was born and found that the last of the "bad" law enforcement officers were thrown out of office after a shooting, and the town selected a new marshal. The old, crooked marshal came back to town to raise a little hell and new "good-guy" Marshal shot him dead in the street.
Good-Guy Marshal's name was J.C. "Charlie" Brown.
So little dude's name is Charlie. ...and he's brown (sort of. Heavy liver colored).