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The wild bunch at robbers roost / Pearl Baker ; introduction by Floyd A. O'Neil.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Pearl Biddlecome, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Outlaws--Utah--History--19th century.
- Outlaws.
- Crime--Utah--History--19th century.
- Crime.
- Utah--History, Local.
- Utah.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 p.)
- Edition:
- Completely revised with new material added by the author.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, 1989.
- Summary:
- Robbers Roost was a hideout for outlaws and hunted men long before Butch Cassidy found it in 1884. The impenetrable wastes and wilds of this high desert country in southeastern Utah, cut through by canyons along the Green and Colorado rivers and bounded on the west by the Dirty Devil, discouraged lawmen from pursuit. Growing up on a ranch that included Robbers Roost, Pearl Baker heard many of the legends about-and talked to many who remembered-the notorious Wild Bunch. In the 1890s they spread over Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, and Arizona rustling cattle, stealing horses, robbing ban
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Time Table; Chapter 1. Robbers Roost Country; Chapter 2. Butch Cassidy Finds the Roost; Chapter 3. The 3 B Outfit Feeds the Wild Bunch; Chapter 4. Jack Moore; Chapter 5. Gunplay (C. L.) Maxwell; Chapter 6. Matt Warner; Chapter 7. Joe Walker; Chapter 8. Tom Dilly; Chapter 9. Flat Nose George and the Curry Boys; Chapter 10. Some Others, Including Grimes and Ricker; Chapter 11. Silver Tip, Blue John and Indian Ed Newcomb; Chapter 12. Tom, Billy and Fred McCarty; Chapter 13. The Telluride Bank Robbery
- Chapter 14. The Delta Bank RobberyChapter 15. Elzy Lay; Chapter 16. Butch Cassidy; Chapter 17. The Castle Gate Payroll Holdup; Chapter 18. Caches at the Roost; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- "First Bison Book printing"--T.p. verso.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780803255968
- 0803255969
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