Mayor H.M. Hook (NPC)

Gender: Male

Age: 56

Group: Townsfolk

Game: Cheyenne

Nationality and Species

American, human

Job

Mayor of Cheyenne, Owner of the Great Western Corral.

Rank/Title

Mayor

Physical Appearance

H.M. is round about the middle and stands at about 6 feet tall. He has a bushy gray and white beard and a big red bandana, as well as a black hat.

Personality and interests

H.M. is no longer as rough and wild as he used to be, back when he was a young cowboy. He's quick to smile and quick to laugh, but quicker to pull his gun if there's a threat to his life or livelihood. H.M. likes smokin', chewin', and jawin' with the customers that enter his store.

History

Hiram Mallard Hook was born around 1831, in Pennsylvania. Hook served as the stage station manager in Dogtown, Nebraska, nine miles east of Fort Kearny. From 1864 to 1865, Hook and James Moore pastured cattle in a glade north of Pleasant Valley in Larimer County, Colorado Territory; the area would be later named the Hook & Moore Canyon. During this time he operated a store in Laporte with a man named French. In 1867, he moved his cattle to Cheyenne, Dakota Territory. In Cheyenne he operated a general store called the Great Western Corral.

On August 7, 1867, a meeting was organized in Cheyenne for the purpose of creating a provisional municipal government. On August 9, Ed Brown, who served as the chairman of the meeting, was nominated for the town's mayoralty while another group nominated Hook. On August 10, Hook defeated Brown by five votes and the slate of Hook candidates defeated all of the Brown candidates except for E. Melanger, who was elected as city marshal.

Skills

Physical: Horseback riding, shooting small and large firearms, cattle wrangling, and (in his opinion) singing

Mental: Book keeping, legislating

Languages Spoken

English, some Spanish, a little bit of Creek

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This character is owned by: Blazar