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| This is the tale of the Oprosky Gang...the wickedest bunch of young guns ever to come out of the Monongehala Valley. Some wher born bad...some wher led that way. I guess its just the way the stones fall into the deep winding black river known as the "Monogehala". |
(S Smith, G Woods, R Oprosky, B Koch, Sonny L) |
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This is a glimpse of the wildest of the bunch. Rarely seen photos
of these wise guys can usually be found pasted on the walls of the
post office and other top secret US agencies. You could tell they
were a mischevious and extremely dangerous bunch!
Something had to be done about them... Something only one man could do. The Iron Man of the Police force... |
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Officer Bob Koch hard at work on the case |
"the Possie" |
Officer Koch knew it would take a stout group of men (Guinness Stout that is!) to track down these desperate villans where they hole-up in a hideout somewhere near Marionville. Armed with razor sharp minds and all terrain vehicles...they were set to "smoke out" the villans! |
| As the possie surrounded the hunkered down desperado's hide out, they
thought for sure they had them cornered this time.
It was quick thinking on the part of the gang's notorious mad-man Sonny Lewis that once again foiled Officer Koch's scheme . Realizing he had eaten Blaine Hill BBQ "Batman" sauce the night before...Sonny had a plan. It sounded like this: Pffsssstt! a match strikes...KaBooM! |
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Rick Oprosky |
Only one man survived the blast that intrepid morning in the mountainous
hills...or so legend has it. But if you listen really hard in the
cold still nights in the Monongehala Valley, you can almost hear that frightening
sound of the day they almost caught the "Oprosky Gang"...
Pfffsssstttt, a match...KaBooM! |
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