George McJunkin was born a slave near Midway, Texas in 1851. He was freed at the age of 14 after the Civil War ended. McJunkin was fluent in Spanish and experienced with horses. At a very young age, he helped his father in his blacksmith shop, but he had never had the opportunity to learn […]
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