THE HANGING TREE Postcard (S-79409) Measures 3.5" x 5.5", Walcott Sons, P.O. Box 1044, San Angelo, Texas 76901 Used by Judge Roy Bean to dispense "Law West of the Pecos", the hanging tree is located at Langtry, Texas. Langtry was named after the famous English Actress Lillie Langtry whom Bean admired but never saw, Bean reached a peak of notoriety on February 21,1896 when he staged the banned Fitzsimmons - Maher heavyweight title fight on a sand bar in the Rio Grande. By holding it on Mexican territory he outwitted Texas Rangers and Mexican Officers sent to stop the match. Judge Bean died in 1903 in Langtry, Texas but was buried in Del Rio, Texas. The postcard is complete and in FINE unused condition.