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The Slaying of Rowland Kightlinger, 1870

On August 16, 2017August 16, 2017 By Jessica HilburnIn History & Obituaries2 Comments

It was winter 1870 and men were keeping warm in the Oil Region with two hobbies: drinking and fighting. Both would play a part in the death of Rowland Kightlinger one December night in Hydetown, Pennsylvania. 

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