Gold Camp Desperadoes
Title | Gold Camp Desperadoes PDF eBook |
Author | Ruth E. Mather |
Publisher | |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
California Desperadoes
Title | California Desperadoes PDF eBook |
Author | William B. Secrest |
Publisher | Quill Driver Books |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781884995194 |
Early outlaws tell their own raw tales of holdups, shootouts, and desperate flights from the law. Witness the cruel confessions of California bandits during the opening days of the Gold Rush, stage robbers, and California highwaymen. These tales of harrowing and sometimes hilarious antics are accompanied by many rare photographs.
Cripple Creek
Title | Cripple Creek PDF eBook |
Author | Leland Feitz |
Publisher | Little London Press |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 9780936564029 |
A Decent, Orderly Lynching
Title | A Decent, Orderly Lynching PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Allen |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 460 |
Release | 2013-07-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0806189886 |
The deadliest campaign of vigilante justice in American history erupted in the Rocky Mountains during the Civil War when a private army hanged twenty-one troublemakers. Hailed as great heroes at the time, the Montana vigilantes are still revered as founding fathers. Combing through original sources, including eye-witness accounts never before published, Frederick Allen concludes that the vigilantes were justified in their early actions, as they fought violent crime in a remote corner beyond the reach of government. But Allen has uncovered evidence that the vigilantes refused to disband after territorial courts were in place. Remaining active for six years, they lynched more than fifty men without trials. Reliance on mob rule in Montana became so ingrained that in 1883, a Helena newspaper editor advocated a return to “decent, orderly lynching” as a legitimate tool of social control. Allen’s sharply drawn characters, illustrated by dozens of photographs, are woven into a masterfully written narrative that will change textbook accounts of Montana’s early days—and challenge our thinking on the essence of justice.
The Story of the World's Greatest Gold Camp Told by the Cripple Creek Times
Title | The Story of the World's Greatest Gold Camp Told by the Cripple Creek Times PDF eBook |
Author | Cripple Creek Times |
Publisher | |
Pages | 76 |
Release | 1904 |
Genre | Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904 |
ISBN |
The World's Famous Gold Camp
Title | The World's Famous Gold Camp PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | Colorado |
ISBN |
A Tenderfoot in Montana
Title | A Tenderfoot in Montana PDF eBook |
Author | Francis McGee Thompson |
Publisher | Montana Historical Society |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780972152228 |
Frank Thompson vividly recalls his experiences in gold-rush era Montana, where sought his fortune, served in the first territorial legislature, and met some of the territory's most notorious road agents.