Viewing Magdalene R. Sparrow: "Legal History and Law Enforcement in Big Stone County." (1981)Magdalene R. Sparrow: "Legal History and Law Enforcement in Big Stone County." (1981)Big Stone County was established by the legislature on February 20, 1862. In 1981, Magdalene R. Sparrow published a history of the county. She included a short chapter on lawyers who had practiced in the county, several of whom practiced more than a half-century. She also related several anecdotes about law enforcement, the most entertaining being about the apprehension in the fall of 1879 of "two members of Doc Middleton's gang" who were wanted for bank robbery, horse stealing, and kidnapping. |