Wicked Prescott
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781625857064; 9781467119528
Description: Swindlers, confidence men and outlaws{u2014}the mountain shadows and Ponderosa pines surrounding Prescott conceal their grim histories and crooked ways. The small hamlet turned mining town became Arizona{u2019}s first capital in 1864, and with wealth and power came every type of vice and crime. One block west of the famed Whiskey Row, the roaring red-light district attracted ladies of easy virtue, who often became victims of crimes of passion and coldblooded murder. Legendary crook Fleming ?Jim? Parker escaped from Yavapai County Jail on the back of the sheriff{u2019}s stolen horse. Cattle rustlers terrorized nearby ranches, while tavern brawls and liquor-fueled shootouts dominated newspaper headlines. More than ten legal hangings brought criminals to justice. Local author Parker Anderson recounts these and more wicked misdeeds from Prescott{u2019}s wild early days.
Table of contents: title: Intro; title: Half Title; title: Title Page; title: Copyright; title: Contents; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: The U.S. Government Creates Arizona; title: The Territory of Arizona Creates Prescott; title: Prescott's First Murdered Woman; title: The First Hanging-Fact and Folklore; title: Shootout with Virgil Earp; title: The Skeleton on the Courthouse Plaza; title: The Bloodiest Day in Court; title: The Murder of Old Tex; title: Goodbye, Old Boy; title: The Dilda Case; title: Horrible They Were; title: Annie's Fallen Angels; title: The Clevenger Killings; title: I Guess I Will Go Asleep Now; title: The Man Who Could Not Stay Out of Trouble; title: The Blue Dick; title: The Lark Pierce Manhunt; title: Murder at the Keystone; title: The Parker Story; title: George C. Ruffner's Bad Week; title: The Goddard Station Murders; title: A Long Life of Trouble; title: Ombre Muerte on Thumb Butte; title: Will Morfia from the Air in a Small Jar; title: Elks Opera House; title: Funeral March of the Ku Klux Klan; title: The Fort Whipple Hanging of Dixon Sujynamie; title: The Hatchet Men of the Hop Sing Tong; title: I'm Getting Tired of Cowography; title: Afterword; title: Bibliography; title: About the Author