In the rugged hills of eastern Oklahoma, the life of Prohibition Agent Howard Brooke Oursler came to a violent end on a fateful day in October of 1932. A dedicated officer of the Bureau of Prohibition, Howard was a man committed to upholding the law of the land during an era of widespread illegal alcohol production and distribution. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he had joined the bureau in 1929, carrying badge number 464 as he navigated the often-dangerous landscape of enforcing the
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