Included in this volume are all the great Western legends--Billy the Kid, Jesse and Frank James, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Judge Roy Bean, "Wild Bill" Hickock--and a host of lesser-known figures who, though ...
The outlaws killed a U.S. mounted customs inspector named Frank Robson and then fled. Three Fingered Jack now dropped out of sight until 1900, when the Alvord/Stiles gang recruited him for a southeastern Arizona train robbery scheduled ...
Gollings , William ' Fight at the Roundup Saloon ' 116 Gonzales 53 Goodnight , Charles 96 , 96–7 Goodnight - Loving Trail 96–7 , 100 Graham , Anne Melton 85 Graham , Billy 87 Graham , Thomas 76 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 Graham , Will Hicks 27 ...
“At Willis some fellows tried to arrest me for carrying a pistol. They got the contents thereof, instead.” There were old warrants by the sheaf, out against him. But Gonzales County was pretty evenly divided between a secret vigilance ...
These are the shoot-outs and showdowns that gave the Wild West its name, recounted here with gritty accuracy, colorful detail, and all the drama of life—and death—on the frontier.
He first sent a list of thirty - one ' ' interrogatories ” to Governor Samuel Beach Axtell to answer and return within thirty days.29 Angel had skillfully prepared the questions based on the evidence he had collected , including a ...
A comprehensive, fully illustrated encyclopedia of the American West encompasses topics ranging from notorious outlaws to the roles of ethnic groups in the West, enhanced by rare photographs, period engravings, and maps.
Introduces some of the gunfighting legends of the West, both criminals and law officials, and attempts to explore the realism of accounts of their feats
Based on fresh evidence - including depositions from old soldiers and scouts, official documents, articles, letters and photographs - this study examines the campaign that the US Army waged against the Apache tribe, led by its great ...
However, once George demonstrated that his riding and roping skills were far superior to theirs, any thought of back talk was shot down. one of McJunkin's jobs was to oversee the fencing of Dr. owen's land. George's wealthy friend ...