McCain’s Grandpa in Muskogee

Posted by chriscasteel

on July 22, 2008M at 7:47 am

The Washington Post has an interesting story this morning about Sen. John McCain’s maternal grandfather’s time in Muskogee around statehood. The story documents some scrapes the “gambler and bootlegger” had with the law and says he left the town “a wealthy wildcatter who owned some of the most valuable property in the region.”