Download or read book Murder in the Gold Country written by Red Johnson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-10-19 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book not only tells the story of the California Gold Rush; it introduces the reader to the real great lawmen that help civilize California. It tells of the most notorious bandit Joaquin Murrieta who terrorized California for three years. It tells the true story of the Mexican raid on the gold camp Rancheria where they killed every one they saw including the camp mother while handing her baby out the window to save him. They shot a camp mother in the back! In those times one was hung for stealing a mule. The entire gold country went crazy. Miners demanded a race war. Four of the best lawmen in California's history tracked the real killers. They had two spectacular gunfights the last of which Hollywood could not match. In conclusion the event changed the people and laws of California forever.
Download or read book Murder in the Gold Country written by Red Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Murder in Gold Rush Country written by Susan M. Soule and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A decade ago, sixteen-year-old Rudy D'Angelo died in a horrifying "accident" on a lonely Sierra logging road. A mysterious gold nugget was found in his pocket. Now, years later, in a strange turn of events, Rudy's aunt, famous Western artist Millie Minero, has also suddenly died under disturbing circumstances.When Rudy's twin sister, hometown girl turned New York lawyer Alexandra D'Angelo, inherits her aunt Millie's historic house and returns home to Jackson, California, she is plunged into a nightmare of harassment and death threats. Someone wants her to run, to abandon her birthright. But, why? What secrets does she unwittingly hold?As the attempts to intimidate her become ever more overt and menacing, Alexandra has the horrible realization that her troubles may be tied to those two brutal tragedies from her past. Taking a stand may prove fatal. Leaving is out of the question. Please note that this book contains irreverent attitudes and strong language.
Download or read book Skull in the Ashes written by Peter Kaufman and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a February night in 1897, the general store in Walford, Iowa, burned down. The next morning, townspeople discovered a charred corpse in the ashes. Everyone knew that the store’s owner, Frank Novak, had been sleeping in the store as a safeguard against burglars. Now all that remained were a few of his personal items scattered under the body. At first, it seemed to be a tragic accident mitigated just a bit by Novak’s foresight in buying generous life insurance policies to provide for his family. But soon an investigation by the ambitious new county attorney, M. J. Tobin, turned up evidence suggesting that the dead man might actually be Edward Murray, a hard-drinking local laborer. Relying upon newly developed forensic techniques, Tobin gradually built a case implicating Novak in Murray’s murder. But all he had was circumstantial evidence, and up to that time few murder convictions had been won on that basis in the United States. Others besides Tobin were interested in the case, including several companies that had sold Novak life insurance policies. One agency hired detectives to track down every clue regarding the suspect’s whereabouts. Newspapers across the country ran sensational headlines with melodramatic coverage of the manhunt. Veteran detective Red Perrin’s determined trek over icy mountain paths and dangerous river rapids to the raw Yukon Territory town of Dawson City, which was booming with prospectors as the Klondike gold rush began, made for especially good copy. Skull in the Ashes traces the actions of Novak, Tobin, and Perrin, showing how the Walford fire played a pivotal role in each man’s life. Along the way, author Peter Kaufman gives readers a fascinating glimpse into forensics, detective work, trial strategies, and prison life at the close of the nineteenth century. As much as it is a chilling tale of a cold-blooded murder and its aftermath, this is also the story of three ambitious young men and their struggle to succeed in a rapidly modernizing world.
Download or read book Little Girl Lost written by Joan Merriam and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shedding painful light on a brutal crime, the author explores the neglectful and abusive circumstances that brought young Shirley Katherine Wolf and Cindy Lee Collier to the edge and resulted in their stabbing murder of eighty-five-year-old Anna Brackett. Reissue.
Download or read book Murder in the Gold Country written by Red Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wildly entertaining book is very well researched, and a must-read for the lover of non-fiction history. Never before has a book been written about this significant events that happened during the California Gold Rush era: the raid on Rancheria Gold Camp. The Mexican vaqueros of the Ione and Jackson Valley ranches had enough of being treated like dogs by the Anglo miners. They would get their revenge! This was an era of the wildest of the Wild West. In those times, a man would be hung for stealing a mule. What would the miners do to someone that shot and killed their camp mother in the back; as she was lowering her baby out a window to save it from the Mexican raiders? The retaliation was more horrific than the raid! The chase of the real bad guys includes some of the best lawmen the Old West produced, three gun fights, and one more spectacular than the OK Corral of Tombstone. There exists two scenes, that if made into a movie, would never be forgotten as long as that movie-goer lives. All that and every bit really happened. This is a true story you will never forget!
Download or read book Gold written by Ian Neligh and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Uncovers a centuries-long story of obsession that often included murder, gun fights, deadly accidents, overnight fortunes and even cannibalism. . . Neligh is a practiced writer whose style mixes history and modern realities seamlessly." -Colorado Country Life Gold! brings together the story of this metal’s glittering legacy in the Centennial State and the madness, murder, and mayhem that came along with it. The book examines the rich history of the miners and treasure hunters who came to face danger and hardships in the unforgiving Rocky Mountains. This story is unique in that it takes a look at the phenomenon of gold, the treasure hunters, both modern and historic, and brings them to life in a detailed and sharp narrative. Author Ian Neligh spent a year meeting with experts and enthusiasts, hearing their stories and trying to understand why it is they continue to do what they do—often in the face of extreme hardship. Modern-day gold miners profiled include Al Mosch, Bill Chapman, Ken Reid, and Chad Watkins. Gold! is the story of an unusual subculture on the rise in the mountains of Colorado fueled by a delicate balance of hope, greed, and loss. It tells the story of men mostly forgotten by the world as they go in endless pursuit of an impossible fortune. It follows miners working their small, dangerous gold claims in mines over a hundred years old, to modern-day prospectors trying to strike it rich and counterbalance the weight of a struggling economy. The book also examines if those who spend their lives in search of riches—ever actually strike it rich. This book will appeal to both history buffs as well as fans of modern-day reality shows like Gold Rush.
Download or read book A Portrait of Murder written by D.E. Gilmore and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A murder mystery began during the 1870’s in old west Nevada. From the gold rush of Virginia City to the railroad town of Elko, a legend has developed involving lost treasure and cold blooded murder. The descendents of the gold rush tycoon involved in the legend go to modern Elko to solve the mystery of the murder and the lost treasure. One by one, the descendents are themselves murdered, mystifying and frustrating police investigators. Is a serial killer loose in Elko? Is someone targeting the family or simply trying to prevent others from finding the treasure?
Download or read book Murder State written by Brendan C. Lindsay and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Euro-American citizenry of California carried out mass genocide against the Native population of their state, using the processes and mechanisms of democracy to secure land and resources for themselves and their private interests. The murder, rape, and enslavement of thousands of Native people were legitimized by notions of democracy—in this case mob rule—through a discreetly organized and brutally effective series of petitions, referenda, town hall meetings, and votes at every level of California government. Murder State is a comprehensive examination of these events and their early legacy. Preconceptions about Native Americans as shaped by the popular press and by immigrants’ experiences on the overland trail to California were used to further justify the elimination of Native people in the newcomers’ quest for land. The allegedly “violent nature” of Native people was often merely their reaction to the atrocities committed against them as they were driven from their ancestral lands and alienated from their traditional resources. In this narrative history employing numerous primary sources and the latest interdisciplinary scholarship on genocide, Brendan C. Lindsay examines the darker side of California history, one that is rarely studied in detail, and the motives of both Native Americans and Euro-Americans at the time. Murder State calls attention to the misuse of democracy to justify and commit genocide.
Download or read book Murder Pans Out written by Emily Toll and published by Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2004 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lynne Montgomery leads a group of San Diego schoolteachers to California's Gold Rush Country, where they rough it at the Murmuring Pines Campground. When a mysterious accident leaves the campground's owner near death, it becomes clear someone wants this to be Lynne's final tour. Original.
Download or read book Hangtown Creek written by John Putnam and published by . This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With her rescuer beside her, Maggie fled deeper into the unknown foothills, pursued by her memories, fears, and two ruthless killers who would stop at nothing to get her. In an isolated valley filled with gold she found a refuge. At the end of a long, hot summer she married the man who had saved her and they moved into a comfortable cabin he built for her. When young Tom Marsh showed up she took him in and suddenly felt complete, even happy. After the loneliness, pain and tears of the past she had a family to love again. Then the killers burst through her door. The majestic landscapes of Brett Harte's California unite with Larry McMurtry's epic old west realism in an explosion of love, lust, murder and betrayal that comes to a powerful climax along a beautiful stream, home to the largest strike in the mines, where a burning barn ignites the passion of a gold rush boomtown and, in one dark night of revenge, earns that stream the name it bears to this day-HANGTOWN CREEK.
Download or read book Fool s Gold Murder A Buried Treasure Cozy Mystery written by Brittany E. Brinegar and published by Britt Lizz Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-27 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this treasure hunt murder mystery from Brittany E. Brinegar, author of witty whodunits... Knowing where the bodies are buried takes a golden touch… and a bit of dumb luck. Becky Robinson and the gang are off to gold country to film the pilot for an old west TV show. But her arrival in the ghost town spells trouble when her dog, Lorelai unearths a skeleton and a treasure map. The unexpected discovery sparks a century-old legend and afflicts residents with a severe case of gold fever. Too bad the victim turns out to be the missing doctor. With a fortune up for grabs, anyone can be pushed to murder. To solve the cold case, Becky must infiltrate the local cliques while also juggling her day job. Can she arrest the killer before she’s fired? Or will the multitasking turn into a fool’s errand? ----------------------------------- Fool's Gold Murder is the adventurous fifth installment in the Hollywood Whodunit cozy mystery series. If you love clumsy heroines, a Hollywood backdrop, quirky suspects, and an adorable rescue puppy this series is for you! Hollywood Whodunit Series Order Book 1: Prime Time Murder Book 2: Stand-In Murder Book 3: Music City Murder Book 4. Trap Door Murder Book 5: Fool's Gold Murder Book 6: Holly Jolly Murder Book 7: Blue Suede Murder Book 8: Family Reunion Murder Book 9: Summer Vacation Murder Book 10: Sunlight Swindler Murder Book 11: Castle Island Murder Book 12: Fixer-Upper Murder Book 13: Hometown Murder Book 14: Big Apple Murder Book 15: Devil Wears Murder
Download or read book Mokelumne Gold written by Major L. Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonida Garcia has been beaten, robbed, widowed, and seen enough trouble in her young life to last ten lifetimes. Now she wants nothing more than to live peacable on her rancho. But when someone murders Ambrose Brice, she encourages retired ranger and friend Josiah Russell to find the killer. The trail he finds leads him to her best friend's door. While she worries about her friend Alice, and seeks to find a way of clearing her name, something even darker and more evil lurks in the shadows. If left alone, it will not only steal her land but take her very life. "Good story! All told, (Major has) spun a good yarn. This is a story that needs to be told to show the skullduggery concerning the old land grants in California, and Major did it well. - John Duncklee "A very good and entertaining tale of the old west from beginning to the end." - Dallas Review
Download or read book Murder at Yosemite written by Carlton Smith and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***Please note: This ebook edition does not contain the photos found in the print edition.*** Amidst the breathtaking natural beauty of Yosemite National Park, four terrifying killings took place. For months, law enforcement officials were stumped by the deaths of three tourists: Carole Sund, her teenaged daughter Juli, and a family friend, Silvina Pelosso. But when they found the decapitated body and head of 26-year-old naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong, they were led to one man: 37-year-old handyman Cary Stayner. Stayner was arrested at a California nudist colony and soon admitted to all four killings, claiming he'd had urges to kill women for thirty years. And Cary's twisted impulses were not the only tragedy of the Stayner family. At the age of seven, his younger brother Steven was abducted by a pedophile and forced to live with the man for seven years, until he escaped. His story was told in a TV movie called "I Know My First Name is Steven." Steven would ultimately die in a motorcycle crash at twenty-four. What are the odds of one family suffering such astounding tragedies? What would compel a seemingly pleasant, clean-cut man to brutally attack and gruesomely kill four innocent women? Did he act alone? Or was his a false confession? Bestselling true crime author Carlton Smith searches for the shocking answers in Murder at Yosemite, this fascinating account of murder and madness.
Download or read book Gold Country written by J. B. Richard and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lowell Bishop returns to Calf's Head, the mining town he considers home, and to the old man, a father figure to Lowell. He is intent on giving up bounty hunting for good, settle in and help the old man run the Calf's Head saloon, and take a bride when the time comes.That is until he witnesses the old man's murder, and Lowell learns that a half a million dollars in gold bars has been stolen.With the old man's last few breaths, he makes Lowell swear to deliver a letter to a woman, named Rebecca, and his finial wish was for Lowell to get the kid, a young man, carrying a six shooter and riding with the gang who had shot the old man, away from the trouble he'd gotten himself into. Who is the kid to the old man?Can one man with a fast draw outwit an army?
Download or read book Gold Rush Ghosts of Placerville Coloma Georgetown written by Linda J. Bottjer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fueled by the dream to strike it rich, prospectors flocked to California during the gold rush. Yet the harsh lifestyle and backbreaking work led many to early graves. Join author Linda Bottjer on a tour through Gold Country's most chilling--and true--haunted tales. Tales such as the hangman of Placerville, whose distinctive wheeze is a sign of his continued presence. Or the Georgetown miner whose unrequited love for a much younger lady of the night finds him still pining for her in death as he did in life. And in Coloma, the ghost of James Marshall is said to dwell on the lonely hilltop where his cabin and monument now stand. These stories, and many others, capture the ghostly spirit of Gold Country.
Download or read book Rustler s Bend written by Will Ermine and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yancey was the eighth to go out in gunsmoke as murder multiplied in the gold-rush town of Rock Creek. Maybe Yancey knew who was fingering the lucky prospectors in the diggin's at Rustler's Bend.
