Crash course in link below if you will.If anyone wants to know the true history of reelfoot lake. They need to read the book. "Nightriders of reelfoot lake".
Reelfoot Lake and its dark history of night riders
The members of the mob were all hooded and armed. One of them tied a rope around the neck of Quentin Rankin, 39- year-old attorney for the West Tennessee
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