Unsolved Mysteries of the Old West
- ISBN-10
- 1556226411
- ISBN-13
- 9781556226410
- Category
- History / United States / General
- Pages
- 238
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Republic of Texas Press
- Author
- W. C. Jameson
Description
Two subjects continue to fascinate people the Old West and a good mystery. This book explores and examines twenty-one of the Old West's most baffling mysteries, which continue to lure the curious and beg investigation but have eluded experts for decades. Many relate to the death or disappearance of some of the best-known lawmen and outlaws in history:
Billy the Kid - Pat Garrett - Albert Jennings Fountain - Johnny RingoBuckskin Frank Leslie - The Catalina Kid - Warren Earp - Pearl HartBelle Starr - Bill Longly - John Wesley Hardin - John Wilkes BoothBlack Bart - Butch Cassidy - Pancho Villa - Etta PlaceOthers involve several mysterious tales and legends of lost mines and buried treasures that have never been recovered.
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