Comments on: Clarence Horace Montgomery y Agramonte: A Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma

By: Clark

Clark — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:26:43 +0000

The headline’s nod to Churchill was quite apropo, I thought

By: Clark

Clark — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:25:58 +0000

Interesting name. Clarence is obviously non-Hispanic, while the construction of the last name rings of peninsular Spain. Reminds me of a grade school pal with a Mexican father and Scandanavian mother named Lars Fernandez.

With the number of military campaigns that this guy claims to have fought in (Crimean, Maori, U.S. Civil, and Spanish American) there ought to be some miitary record–perhaps even a beneficiary listed.

By: Bruce Crow

Bruce Crow — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:29:53 +0000

Wonderful. I love the colorful history you bring out. Whoever says hisotry is boring just hasn’t studied the right history.

By: kevinf

kevinf — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:39:39 +0000

Ardis, I seem to remember reading that Agramonte also did a three or four year stint as The Dread Pirate Roberts.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:37:52 +0000

He evaded another bill by claiming it had been incurred by someone else named Agramonte.

Must’ve been his twin brother. Do you know why he came to Utah or is that another mystery?

By: sister blah 2

sister blah 2 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:17:50 +0000

Ha. When you say so much money was at stake, is that just for the two combatants, or was there also betting among the spectators?

In Legacy, an unimpeachable source of historical knowledge I’m sure , there is a passing reference to anti-gambling belief/practice among members dating back to Nauvoo.

By: Researcher

Researcher — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:24:58 +0000

Curious story. Agramonte sounds like a character out of a vintage Sid Fleischman book. The art of the tall tale.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:24:20 +0000

What a character. In my mind’s eye, I can imagine “Gen. Agramonte” sporting an exotic Salvador Dali moustache . . .