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Wicked Western Slope: Mayhem, Mischief and Murder in Colorado

By D.A. Brockett

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2012
ISBN
9781614235750, 9781609495701
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5740561 bytes)
Series
Wicked
Pages
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Time added
2022-10-01 13:00:38
HIS036000HistoryNonfiction

Description

Early promoters of Colorado's Western Slope would have had settlers believe the area was one of proper behavior and upstanding morality. But this was not the case. Hot tempers led to quick trigger fingers and Main Street shootouts. Drinking, gambling and thieving were popular pursuits, and law breaking of all kinds thrived in this wild land. From Charles Graham, whose jealous rampage in Grand Junction is still talked about today, and the mysterious Friday the thirteenth murder of Jeanette Morris to Abe C. Ong, the mischievous pioneer bootlegger of De Beque, and Riverside's Mrs. Barnes and her foul crime, "History Sleuth" D.A. Brockett reveals some of the most outrageous and remarkable crimes in Western Slope history.

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