Roughing It · Character
Baldy Johnson
A miner and acquaintance in the camps.
minor
Also known as Johnson, Presently Johnson
First appearance: roughing it
Baldy Johnson shows up with force in XV. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Johnson is the Gentile who tells the exaggerated and humorous stories about Brigham Young's household.
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In XV: Johnson is the Gentile who tells the exaggerated and humorous stories about Brigham Young's household. Later, in XXVI: Referenced in the story of the widow Brewster, whose husband was killed at Baldy Johnson's…
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