We hope to see you at our meeting Saturday, September 12, 2026
Lunch: 12:00pm
Presentation: 1:00pm
PROGRAM: The Death of Johnny Ringo
PRESENTER: Doug Hocking
Spur Award Winning Author, Doug Hocking, has completed advanced studies in American history, ethnology, and historical archaeology. Raised on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation, Doug retired from the US Army after serving in Military Intelligence and as an officer in Armored Cavalry. He is the author of many award-winning books of Southwest History including: Southwest Train Robberies, Terror on the Santa Fe Trail, a history of the Jicarilla tribe, Tom Jeffords, Friend of Cochise and Black Legend. He has won the Spur Award from Western Writers of America for his article The Mysterious Death of Johnny Ringo. He has the Will Rogers Medallion, and Westerners International the Co-founders’ Award for Best History and the Danielson for best presentation. He is past Sheriff of the Cochise County Corral of Westerners where he is currently the Ink Slinger and organizer of the Tombstone Festival of Western Books.
The story of the death of Johnny Ringo grew out of research for a soon to be published book on Sheriff John Slaughter. Beyond building an accurate model of Johnny Ringo’s death account for all of the peculiar details, Doug explores the character of the men involved with Johnny and the reasons they may have had for killing him.
LOCATION: Tucson Medical Center’s Marshall Conference Center – 5301 E Grant Road 85712 (enter on the east side of TMC)
MEAL COST: $12 per person.
PRINTABLE RESERVATION FORM: PDF FORMAT
Please return reservation by September 8 to P.O. Box 40744, Tucson, AZ 85717. Also, please enclose your payment for the cost of the lunch with the reservation.
For more information please call (520) 795-9484.