Events
John Wesley Hardin’s Demise
August 18, 2018
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
3700 E Yandell Dr, El Paso, TX 79903
- Event Days:
- Saturday
- Venue:
- Concordia Cemetery
- Admission:
- $5
- Website:
- http://www.concordiacemetery.org/
- Contact Phone Number:
- 915-581-7920
The Concordia Heritage Association’s John Wesley Hardin “Secret Society” annual commemoration is 6 to 10 p.m. The event marks the infamous gunslinger’s 1895 fatal shooting with a special gravesite ceremony and reenactment by Six Guns and Shady Ladies and historians at 7 p.m. There will also be the annual “Toast to John Wesley.” Short ghost tour follows. Bring lawn chairs, flashlight and closed-toe shoes. Old West attire encouraged. Admission: $5; free for age 5 and younger).
Proceeds from the event benefit the preservation and restoration of the cemetery, including the recently added Military Memorial.
Hardin moved to El Paso in 1895 after his release from prison. He was shot to death in Aug. 19, 1895, by Constable John Selman. Hardin was 42, and claimed to have killed 30 men.