Colorado outlaws & lawmen: frontier foes and heroes
Hollywood westerns of the twentieth century brought a history of raucous frontier justice to life, but 1800s Colorado was anything but fiction. Bandits held up the Denver and Rio Grande train at Unaweep Switch, while another gang stole $50,000 from the express car at Cotopaxi. "The Bloody Espin...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charleston, SC
The History Press
2025
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| In: | Year: 2025 |
| Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 21 A 4959 |
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| Summary: | Hollywood westerns of the twentieth century brought a history of raucous frontier justice to life, but 1800s Colorado was anything but fiction. Bandits held up the Denver and Rio Grande train at Unaweep Switch, while another gang stole $50,000 from the express car at Cotopaxi. "The Bloody Espinosas," who left mutilated bodies along lonely mountain trails, terrorized southern Colorado. The Reynolds Gang held up South Park stagecoaches, while Tom McCarty and Matt Warner robbed banks. These unruly times demanded a society where the law prevailed. Dave Cook started the Rocky Mountain Detective Association and improved crime fighting methods. Tom Tobin tracked down two serial killers using his wilderness skills. Doc Shores, who always got his man, earned his nickname, "the Bloodhound." Author Nancy K. Williams hunts down the good, the bad and the ugly characters who color Colorado's past |
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| Physical Description: | 155 Seiten, Illustrationen, 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4671-5795-7 |
