We were driving from Winfield, KS to Grand Lake of the Cherokees in OK. Just past Coffeyville as I recall, one of us saw this battle in the clouds. 3 car loads of us pulled over and got out to watch. 2 opposing armies with horses, pennons, cannon, etc. are battling it out in the sky. Several other cars also stopped to watch so it wasn't a hallucination of mine. As more and more cannon smoke appeared it finally obscured the battle completely. I was about 14 so this would have been about 1965. I have lost contact with the surviving people so I don't know if they would remember it.

The Earl story is fascinating!