Outlaw Tales of New Mexico PDF Download

Author: Barbara Marriott
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762783877
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 179

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True stories of the Land of Enchantment's most infamous crooks, culprits, and cutthroats.

Author: Barbara Marriott
Publisher: Two Dot Books
ISBN: 9780762743209
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Outlaw Tales of New Mexico tells the stories of some of the state's famous and unknown outlaws. Featured are crimes of passion, such as those performed by Ada Hulmes and Joel Fowler, and planned events like Ketchum's robberies, the Villa attack on Columbu

Author: W.C. Jameson
Publisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 9780870045523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Veteran treasure hunter and folklorist W.C. Jameson presetns twenty-six colorful, inriguing and mysterious stories about fortunes lost and found in the mountains and deserts of New Mexico.

Author: Richard Young
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874831955
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Presents a collection of folklore, tall tales, and myths surrounding such characters as Belle Starr, Frank and Jesse James, and Wild Bill Hickok

Author: Howard Bryan
Publisher: Clear Light Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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Authentic accounts of outlaws and desperadoes of the western frontier, based on newspaper accounts and interviews with pioneers who knew them.

Author: Dee Harkey
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789127785
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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New Mexico rancher and lawman Dee (Daniel R.) Harkey describes himself as having “been shot at more times than any man in the world not engaged in war.” Mean as Hell, originally published in 1948 when Harkey was 83, is his detailed, witty autobiography about his youth in San Saba County of west Texas, where in 1882 he learned from his brother Joe, the sheriff, to “be damned sure you don’t get killed, but don’t kill anybody unless you have to” and his adult life in Eddy County after moving to Karlsbad (then Eddy) in 1890. Harkey served as a New Mexico peace officer from 1893 until 1911. Among the many cattle rustlers, train robbers, and other outlaws he confronted were Jim Miller, whom Harkey fingers as Pat Garrett’s real killer, and the Dalton Gang. Harkey observes that, in 1948, “cattle stealing has gone out of fashion. We’ve gotten civilized. Instead..., we now have statesman who practice nepotism, pad the public payrolls and graft as much as they think they can get away with (in an honorable way, of course) just like the folks back east.” Readers interested in many aspects of the territorial and outlaw West will enjoy Dee Harkey’s lively stories.

Author: Nancy Owen Lewis
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0890136130
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 717

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This book tells the story of the thousands of “health seekers” who journeyed to New Mexico from 1880 to 1940 seeking a cure for tuberculosis (TB), the leading killer in the United States at the time. By 1920 such health seekers represented an estimated 10 percent of New Mexico’s population. The influx of “lungers” as they were called—many of whom remained in New Mexico—would play a critical role in New Mexico’s struggle for statehood and in its growth. Nearly sixty sanatoriums were established around the state, laying the groundwork for the state’s current health-care system. Among New Mexico’s prominent lungers were artists Will Shuster and Carlos Vierra, who “came to heal and stayed to paint.” Bronson Cutting, brought to Santa Fe on a stretcher in 1910, became the influential publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican and a powerful U.S Senator. Others included William R. Lovelace and Edgar T. Lassetter, founders of the Lovelace Clinic, as well as Senator Clinton P. Anderson, poet Alice Corbin Henderson, architect John Gaw Meem, aviator Katherine Stinson, and Dorothy McKibben, gatekeeper for the Manhattan Project. New Mexico’s most infamous outlaw, Billy the Kid, first arrived in New Mexico when his mother, Catherine Antrim, sought treatment in Silver City.

Author: Max Evans
Publisher: Clear Light Publishing
ISBN: 9780940666207
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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"An exciting yarn and good reading". (Los Angeles Times)

Author: Barbara Marriott
Publisher: Two Dot Books
ISBN: 9781493015757
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Part of our new and growing Myths, Mysteries and Legends series, Myths, Mysteries and Legends of New Mexico explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in the Land of Enchantment's history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in New Mexico history. Stories include the mysterious disappearance of lawyer and civic leader Albert J. Fountain a man known both for defending Billy the Kid and for taking on cattle rustlers and his little boy, Henry; the near discovery of when humans first came to America by George McJunkin, a black cowboy, born a slave; and the unsolved murders of an old mining town that lies at the depths of Bonito Lake."

Author: Michael R. Maddox
Publisher: Michael R. Maddox
ISBN: 9780615964935
Category : Cattle trade
Languages : en
Pages : 530

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Renowned historian of the American West, Frederick Nolan, author of "The West of Billy the Kid" and "The Lincoln County War: A Documentary History, " noted that with the publication of this new book Maddox has "written a whole new chapter in outlaw history." -- During the first week of May 1881 the "Santa Fe New Mexican" carried two reward notices from Governor Lew Wallace. One was for $500 for William Bonney, "alias The Kid" and directly below that was another reward notice for $2250 for Ike Stockton and his gang. Like Billy the Kid, Ike had a price of $500 on his head. Compared to the Kid, few have ever heard of Ike Stockton. Fewer still have heard of his older brother, Porter. Yet it was Porter Stockton who was by far the most dangerous and deadly of the brothers. In March 1881 the "Las Vegas (New Mexico) Optic" described Porter Stockton as "one of the most hardened murderers and desperadoes that ever darkened the pages of history and annals of crime." Countless hours of research over a period of six years have resulted in this thorough and entertaining account of the turmoil caused by the Stockton brothers. From cattle kings to cowboys, from cow towns to hell on wheels railroad camps and from shootouts to lynchings, their story encompasses all of the legends of the mythic American West. Take hold of this book like you would the reins of a skittish horse, find the sweet spot in the saddle, or better yet your easy chair, and settle in for a hell of a ride. NOTE: Non-fiction, softcover, 530 pages. This book includes a bibliography, endnotes and an index. It contains black and white illustrations, photos and maps. EXCERPT: Driving cattle across large stretches of the arid portions of Texas and New Mexico, through territory inhabited by free roaming and combative Indians required men who would never back down from any challenge. Even Oliver Loving lost his life as the result of an Indian bullet received while hunkered down in the mud of the Pecos River. Inevitably, some of the herders stepped over the line and became desperadoes. One of the tempests coming out of Texas would brew and build around Stephenville before moving west and north along with the suffocating dust cloud stirred up by the hooves of thousands of Texas cattle. Erath County residents would figure prominently as the storm regained strength in Colfax County, New Mexico. The same Erathians would be present when the storm grew to reach its cyclonic and climactic outburst in the San Juan country of New Mexico and Colorado. Porter and Ike Stockton were at the epicenter of this final blast. SUBJECTS: The Allison Gang, Charles Allison, Clay Allison, Amargo (NM), Animas City (CO), Aztec (NM), Billy the Kid, Moses Blancett, Jimmy Catron, Chama (NM), Cimarron (NM), Frank and George Coe, L.G. Coleman, Colfax County (NM), Hiram Washington Cox and family, Col. Robert Crofton, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Durango (CO), Robert Dwyer, Erath County (TX), Dison and Hargo Eskridge, Farmington (NM), Fort Lewis (CO), Max Frost, "Bud" Galbreath, Jim Garrett, Henry Goodman, Charles Goodnight, Alf Graves, William B. Haines, Gus (Heffron) Hefferman, James Heffernan, John Hittson, Doc Holliday, Big Dan Howland, Hurricane Bill, Charles Adam Jones, La Plata County (CO), La Plata valley, Irvin W. Lacy, La Sal Mountains (UT), Marion Littrell, George Lockhart, George W. Morrison, Tom Nance, Navajo Indians, Tony Neis, David Ogsbury, Otero (NM), Palo Pinto County (TX), Parrott City (CO), Pinhook valley Indian fight, Gov. Frederick W. Pitkin, Al and Austin Puett, Flora Pyle, Rico (CO), San Juan County (CO), San Juan County (NM), Silverton (CO), Stephenville (TX), Samuel Stockton, Jim Sullivan, Kid Thomas, George W. Thompson, Thompson and Lacy (LC) cattle outfit, Trinidad (CO), Ute Indians, Vermejo River valley (NM), Gov. Lew Wallace, Barney Watson, Bert Wilkinson, "One-armed" Billy Wilson.