Henry Porter

The only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter is that his name wasn't Henry Porter — Bob Dylan and Sam Sheppard, Brownsville Girl

LOAD FACT: "Henry Porter" was not the “real name” of writer “O. Henry”

LOAD FACT: "William Sydney Porter" was not the "real name" of writer "O. Henry"

the shadows to the marketplace

Merchants and thieves,

hungry for power,

my last deal gone

At the heart of every great fortune there is an equally great swindle. — O.Henry, in “An Unreliable Narration”

Henry lived in Honduras for six months,

Henry lived in Honduras until January 1897.

Temple Lea Houston carried a Colt revolver,

which he named "Old Betsy",

always strapped to his waist.

Some called him

"the best shot in the West."

He wore buckskin attire

and a sombrero

from Mexico

with a wide brim and a silver eagle.

"a bunch of bananas."