The lawlessness of the frontier towns of the plains states is well documented. However, as silver and gold deposits were found in the Pacific Northwest, the rush of miners and speculators that brought to the region brought with it its own share of crime and criminals. Author Bill Gulick sticks to the facts in telling the stories of this region but does so in swift conversational prose that entertains and educates.

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Chief Bigfoot, fact or fancy? Dave Updyke, Idaho's Bogus Basin sheriff Ferde Patterson, dandy gunman of Idaho City Richard Bogle, refuge for his race Josephine Wolf, Walla Walla's genteel madam Henry Plummer, outlaw sheriff of Alder Gulch Days of power for the Plummer Gang The infernal triangle Judgment day for the Plummer Gang Aftermath, cleaning up the human debris Murder in Hells Canyon, the Chinese massacre Hank Vaughan, the amiable horsethief Harry Orchard, miners' union hit man The Bill Haywood trial