The Mystery of "Kid" Swanson

This article on Jimmy "Kid" Swanson was also posted on OlyBlog in 2006.

And the mystery remains.

This is a figure in the history of McCleary, in the history of Washington State boxing, and in the history of African Americans in the Pacific Northwest who deserves to be the subject of more research.

A Bibliographic Profile of McCleary Authors

Sam Lanning, Ernest Teagle, John Langenbach, John Fred Bell, Van Boling, Emma Heslep, Angelo Pellegrini, Bob Cooper, Ray Craft, Roy Craft, Walt Tornquist, Norman Porter, Bill Sheets, Bryan Willis.

Not a bad literary lineup for little old McCleary, Washington.