Portland’s River View Cemetery is the state’s oldest nonprofit cemetery, founded in 1882 by three of Portland’s most prominent citizens: Henry Corbett, .
Portland’s River View Cemetery is the state’s oldest nonprofit cemetery, founded in 1882 by three of Portland’s most prominent citizens: Henry Corbett, .
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Jim Flynn
Shortly after the fatal shooting of Tombstone Town Marshal, Fred White by Curly Bill Brocius on October 30
th, 1880, Virgil Earp was appointed town marshal. An election was held on November 12
th. Jim Flynn, Virgil Earp and Ben Sippy ran for marshal. Sippy defeated Earp 311 votes to 250. Flynn dropped out of the race to go into business at the Cosmopolitan Saloon. Sippy defeated Virgil again in the regular election on January 4
th but skipped town in June and Virgil was appointed marshal. He and his deputies including Flynn did an outstanding job keeping the peace and prevented looting and lot-jumping after the disastrous fire on June 22