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Did Henry Plummer wear a white or a black hat?

Henry Plummer, elected sheriff amid rising crime in Bannack, Montana, was one of 24 men hanged by vigilantes in one month during escalating frontier justice.

Did Henry Plummer wear a white or a black hat? Henry Plummer was misunderstood. It’s hard to tell if he wore a white or a black hat, whether he was a good or bad man. He was good enough to be elected sheriff in two different jurisdictions yet he was hanged by a vigilante group. A factor that allowed him to live longer was that he changed locations several times. He was born in Maine, growing up there before heading west in 1852 as part of the Ca…

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The Advocate-Messenger broke the news in on Monday, January 26, 2026.
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