PORTER ROCKWELL, IKE POTTER: HEROES OR VILLAINS
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Was Porter Rockwell the cold hearted killer that some thought he was? The author discusses Porter in a way for the reader to see that he was a man just as any other man. He learned a skill with a gun originally to protect his family. Then that skill became important to use to protect all of the people the Salt Lake valley. Porter always tried every way possible to avoid killing a man. Sometimes he had only a split second to choose and if the other man was showing his desire to kill Porter than he had no choice. Sometimes it was kill or be killed. Porter loved his family very much. Emily, his daughter, came in and out of his life many times and no matter what had happened, his heart was always open to her. Porter spent many a concerned time worrying about her welfare. He was always afraid that something might happen to her when he may have been able to save her, if she had been near. When she went off to California he went after her many times and she came back, but only when she was ready.
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Then early in the history of the Great Salt Lake valley, Issac Smith Potter and his family entered in a covered wagon and built a home in Springville. At first they built one home, and then they built one for Issac, better known as Ike. Several things were very important to Ike. Family, friends, and to leave a mark in life. A man’s hands can build, and he wanted to leave a mark with his hands. Just as important to him were friends. He knew that good friends last forever, and he wanted nothing more than that. When his friends turned on him, that was one of the most hurtful things of his life. The Indian friends he had never turned their backs on him, and he came to realize who his true friends were.
About the Author
Then came that fateful day when all the trumped-up charges accumulated and ten grim men showed up to show Ike who was boss. They kicked in the door of the makeshift jail and marched Ike, Charles Wilson, and John Walker down the streets of Coalville, Utah. These three men met their fate that day without due process of law, a guarantee that all Americans have. The author, Jerel Potter, chose the pen name of Bill Kid. Jerel has a master’s degree in mathematics education and teaches at Spectrum Academy in Salt Lake City, Utah. Jerel is the great-great-grandson of Isaac Smith Potter.