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3 unusual facts about Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery


Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery

By 1859 he was based in Mexico, and in traveling from Chiapas to Mexico City he reported having been robbed of almost his entire fortune, estimated at $50,000.

In San Salvador he was given the nickname by which he became known throughout South America, El Rubio Bravo ("the Brave Blonde").

While based in Baltimore, Monstery had several confrontations with a street gang known as the Plug Uglies.



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