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Wyoming Whorehouses,The Great (Old West Whorehouse History)
"A HISTORICAL CHRONICAL" (without dirty words). Ever wondered what it was like to go to a "PLEASURE PALACE", or work in one? ANSWERS INSIDE! This is not a dirty book and not a directory It covers the progress of "THE GOODTIME GIRLS" from Wyoming pioneer days until the 1970's. A collection of facts and tales from the written record, and from interviews with the people who experienced whorehouses in Wyoming. HUMOROUS AND HISTORICAL. Researched and compiled by the author himself (a Wyoming native). NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART, or children under 18. NOT "POLITICALLY CORRECT" "IT'LL MAKE YOU GIGGLE!" (Copyright 2002).
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Stagecoach West
Stagecoach West is a comprehensive history of stagecoaching west of the Missouri Starting with the evolution of overland passenger transportation, Moody moves on to paint a lively and informative picture of western stagecoaching, from its early short runs through its rise with the gold rush, its zenith of 1858–68, and beyond. Its story is one of grand rivalries, political chicanery, and gaudy publicity stunts, traders, fortune hunters, outlaws, courageous drivers, and indefatigable detectives. We meet colorful characters such as Charlie Parkhurst, a stagecoach driver who took an amazing secret to his death: “he” was actually a woman. Using contemporary accounts, illustrations, maps, and photographs to flesh out his narrative, Moody creates one of the most important accounts of transportation history to date. .
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The Story of the Outlaw - A Study of the Western Desperado
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Stagecoach (BFI Film Classics)
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Long Day's Journey: The Steamboat and Stagecoach Era in the Northern West
In LONG DAY'S JOURNEY Carlos Schwantes gathers historical photographs, advertisements, posters, and contemporary accounts to recreate one of the most colorful periods in the American West. He traces the rapidly evolving saga of miners and settlers struggling to get from here to there in the days before railroads reached the West, trying to establish methods of transportation and communication between the eastern United States and the new territories that became Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming-first by sea, around continents, then by land and water routes across America. Many of the enduring images and myths of the West derive from this era: the Pony Express, mule trains and plodding oxteam freighters, the picturesque side-wheelers and sternwheelers that churned along the rivers, the colorful Concord stagecoaches drawn by four or six jingling, fleet horses. Schwantes describes in detail the technology of preindustrial modes of transportation. He explains the economics that linked the birth and death of western towns and cities, the business history of entrepreneurs and stagecoach and steamboat companies, and the challenges facing passengers and employees on the stages and steamers of the northern West. Integrating more than 200 historical photographs and other illustrations with vivid contemporary accounts, Schwantes presents a fascinating history of Americans forging the first working connections between the West and the rest of American-connections that the railroads would soon smooth and strengthen. His book RAILROAD SIGNATURES ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST detailed that story; here he tells of the people and animals and equipment supplanted by the twin ribbons of steel..
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Perilous Trails, Dangerous Men: Early California Stagecoach Robbers and Their Desperate Careers 1856-1900
Punctuated by gunshots and posse hoofbeats, these true tales, many told for the first time, illustrate, in both words and rare photographs, perilous trails and dangerous men from a time gone forever • While Tommy Brown and Buck English were born to raise hell, stagecoach robber Shorty Harris just wanted to buy a restaurant with his loot. • Although he didn’t plan on killing lawmen when he helped rob stages to aid the Confederacy, in the end, ex-Monterey County Undersheriff Tom Poole took the long walk up the Placerville scaffold for murdering Deputy Joseph Staples. The local newspaper reported, “He smiled on all and seemed perfectly resigned.” • Black Bart, the most famous stagecoach robber ever, robbed twenty-eight stages in eight years. Between robberies, he led the life of a society gentleman in San Francisco.
The Sotello brothers, John Keener, Bill Miner, Louis J. Dreibelbis, Ramon Ruiz, and all the others were fascinating characters—a desperate breed who added their stories to the legends of the Old West.
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Wells, Fargo & Company Report of losses from Stagecoach and Train Robbers, 1870-1884; 125th Anniversary edition
Wells, Fargo's detectives James B. Hume and John N. Thacker compiled a report of company losses between 1870 and 1884, but the report had another purpose. Within the pages, listing the exploits of 206 road agents, was a detailed physical description of each thus creating a textual mug book of potential recidivist robbers likely to victimize the company again. The report contained no details of the thrilling events which earned each robber a place in the report, but this work is intended to correct that shortcoming by giving all the details of over 400 stagecoach and train robberies, and a few burglaries, committed in half a dozen western states and territories..
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Stagecoach to Tombstone: The Filmgoers' Guide to Great Westerns
The true story of the American West on film, through its shooting stars and the directors who shot them… Howard Hughes explores the Western, running from John Ford’s 'Stagecoach' to the revisionary 'Tombstone'. Writing with panache and fresh insight, he explores 27 key films, and draws on production notes, cast and crew biographies, and the films’ box-office success, to reveal their place in western history. He shows how through reinvention and resurrection, this genre continually postpones the big adios and avoids ending up in Boot Hill…permanently. Major films covered include the best from genre giants John Ford, Howard Hawks and John Wayne, plus classics 'High Noon', 'Shane', 'The Magnificent Seven' and 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'. 'Stagecoach to Tombstone' makes many more stops along the way, examining well-known blockbusters and lowly B-movie oaters alike. It examines comedy westerns, adventures ‘south of the border’, singing cowboys and the varied depiction of Native Americans on screen. Hughes also engagingly charts the genre’s timely renovation by Sam Peckinpah ('Ride the High Country' and 'The Wild Bunch' ), Sergio Leone ('Once Upon a Time in the West') and Clint Eastwood ('The Outlaw Josey Wales' and 'Unforgiven'). Presented too are the best of western trivia, a filmography of essential films - and ten aficionados and critics, including Alex Cox, Christopher Frayling, Philip French and Ed Buscombe, give their verdict on the best in the west. .
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Encyclopedia of Stagecoach Robbery in Nevada
The history of stagecoach robbery in Nevada boasts some of the most daring adventures involving highwaymen, the boldest and most ingenious road agents, and many thrilling pursuits and arrests. The era began nearly nine years after the first stagecoach robbery in the west, which occurred in California in 1856. However, the period in Nevada extended to 1916, a full fifty years -- the longest period of stagecoach robbery in the Wild West. There were 77 stagecoaches robbed during the half century as these road agents "mined the stages," stealing the mineral treasure shipped from the mines and the payrolls being brought in. Fifty-seven road agents were captured, and most were convicted and sentenced to long terms at the prison near Carson City..
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