History

For a decade, Joe Butera was a marked man in Alliance. 

Eight attempts were made on the Italian immigrant's life between 1909 and 1917. Another was made in 1919, and that one was successful.

For a decade, Joe Butera was a marked man in Alliance. 

Eight attempts were made on the Italian immigrant's life between 1909 and 1917. Another was made in 1919, and that one was successful.

Eldon "Pete" Shoup was a local golf legend in Alliance. Married with one child and a second onthe way, he was murdered at the age of 25 while trying to save his father from being killed during a burglary gone horribly awry.

Fashion, photography, and facts will come into focus at Rodman Public Library in March and April.

In September 1921, a prominent doctor was called out in the middle of the night to deliver a baby but was shot and killed in his  driveway.

In September 1921, a prominent doctor was called out in the middle of the night to deliver a baby but was shot and killed in his  driveway. Early on in the investigation, Alliance police believed the killers who had set him up would be caught and brought to swift justice. However, 100 years later, the mystery as to who killed Dr. O.C. Walker has never been solved.