Tragedy at Red Bank-The Jenkins Murders

William Alford Richards had led a charmed life.  He surveyed the southern and western boundaries of Wyoming in 1873 and 1874, brought irrigation to the Big Horn Basinin 1884, started the Red Bank Ranch 26 miles south of Ten Sleep, Wyoming, in 1886, became Governor of Wyoming in 1896, pardoned Butch Cassidy, and was appointed head of the General Land Office in Washington, D.C by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1903.  A highly successful life, but then one tragic event after another would haunt his remaining years.