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Authors: Mark Lee Gardner
Wallace, Susan E., vii
Walter, Willis, 232
Waltz, Edgar, 88
Webb, Abel L., 42
Webb, John J., 115
Weisner, Herman B., 242
Welles, Orson, vii
West, William, 162–63
Western Union Telegraph Co., 176, 239
Whitehill, Harry, 40, 43
Whitehill, Harvey H., 42–43, 219–20
Whitehill, Josie, 43
White Oaks, N.Mex., 98, 100, 105–6, 107, 111, 117, 118, 141, 144, 156–57, 161, 162, 163, 165, 175
White Sands Missile Range, 243
Wichita Tribune,
38
Widenmann, Robert, 62
Wilbur, Oscar, 216–17
Wilcox, Thomas, 113–14, 122, 123, 125, 132
Wilcox-Brazil ranch, 122–23, 126–28, 132, 134
Wild, Azariah, 100–101, 109–11 Wildy Well ranch, 203–6, 210, 292
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Williams, Ben, 203, 205, 216–17
Williams, Bob, 123
Williams, Tom, 24
Wilson, John B., 64, 65, 69
Wilson, William “Billy,” 5, 6, 16, 17, 23, 99, 100–101, 103–5, 106, 107–8, 109, 110–11, 124, 126, 130, 133, 135, 136, 138, 141, 216–17, 291
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Winchester rifles, 10, 13, 61, 71–73, 98, 100, 112, 116, 124, 133, 146, 172, 204, 239, 242, 250
Wood, David, 24
Wood, Miles, 46, 47
Woodward, J. A., 194
Works Progress Administration (WPA), 249
Wortley, Sam, 141–42
Wortley’s Hotel, 68, 69, 76, 141–42, 144, 145
“X” (anonymous writer), 186–87
Yerby, Thomas, 90, 100, 109, 112–13
Young, Brigham, 41
Younger, Cole, 96
Zouave regiments, 61
MARK LEE GARDNER
has written a broad range of books and articles on the American West, including a number of interpretive guides for the National Park Service on subjects ranging from George Custer to Geronimo. As a historian and consultant, he has worked with museums, historic sites, and humanities councils throughout the West. He has been a visiting professor in the Southwest Studies department at colorado College in Colorado Springs. He lives with his family in Cascade, Colorado.
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TO HELL ON A FAST HORSE
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gardner, Mark L.
To hell on a fast horse : Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the epic chase to justice in the Old West / Mark Lee Gardner.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 978-0-06-136827-1
1. Billy, the Kid. 2. Garrett, Pat F. (Pat Floyd), 1850–1908.3. Outlaws—Southwest, New—Biography. 4. Sheriffs—Southwest, New—Biography. 5. Frontier and pioneer life—Southwest, New.6. Southwest, New—History—1848–7. Southwest, New—Biography. 8. Lincoln County (N.M.)—History—19th century. I. Title.
F786.B54G368 2009
364.15'52092—dc22
[B]
2009025467
EPub Edition © January 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-196953-9
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