In the winter of 1905, a deadly confrontation cut short the life of Constable Alonzo 'Lon' Rains. The male lawman, a U.S. Army veteran of the Spanish-American War, had been specifically asked by citizens to be present in the village of Chickamauga to maintain peace during a Christmas celebration. On the evening of Saturday, December 23rd, a group of men began causing a disturbance in a house nearby. Constable Rains responded to the home to investigate the commotion.
As he stepped onto the
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