This picture in the book “Grit, Grief and Gold” does not say where or when it was taken but purports to be Soapy maybe on the trail with a folding table.
Stories and Folklore from Skagway, Alaska
Stories and Folklore from Skagway, Alaska
This picture in the book “Grit, Grief and Gold” does not say where or when it was taken but purports to be Soapy maybe on the trail with a folding table.
Although the gentleman is dressed nearly identical to the way Soapy Smith is known to have dressed, including the hat, this short con operator does not have the beard Soapy sported from 1889 until his death.
Jeff Smith