Ever since I began researching the many wormholes of the Ashley Gang saga, the lack of photographs linked to the history gave me enough inspiration to want to create my own with a paint brush. In that process, I learned that very few photos exist of one of the key players. The tragic and truncated life of Seminole, Desoto Tiger, deserves way more recognition than what he is given. Tiger's death gets buried in 1911 by the overshadowing of the outlaw of the run; friend, guide,

Interview conducted in early December 2021 in Hobe Sound, Florida. Jeff Whittman has been an important part to my research into Palm Beach and Martin County history. As a local, Jeff knew many key players growing up that helped tell the story of the quiet town of Hobe Sound. Throughout the years, Jeff has fought hard against and with county commissioners and the like to help keep Hobe Sound the beautiful, environmentally important and historically complex town it deserves to

The scandalous Ashley Gang of Florida, fabled to have been villainous, murderous robbers and bootleggers of the early twentieth century, were not as nefarious as the media portrayed them to be. Instead, based on current research and interviews, the close-knit family were modern day Robin Hoods, working hard to survive in the swampy conditions of early 20 th  century Florida.            A book written in 1928 by Stuart Hix set in stone the infamous reputation of the Ashley Gan