165 years ago today - Mar 8, 1858

Hosea Stout lists "[Howard] Egan, [Orrin Porter] Rockwell, [Ephraim K.] Hanks and several other of the 'Be'hoys'" which was American slang for "gang member" or "thug." William A. Hickman refers to himself as one of "Brigham's boys."

[The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database ( http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase )]]

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