U.S.-Mexican War, 152
Uvalde Herald, 193
Valdez, José, 122
Valdez, Lino, 7
Victorio, Chief, 250
Vidor, King, 248
Villa, Pancho, 250
Waite, Frederick, 64
Wallace, John, 139
Wallace, Lewis “Lew,” 5, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 87–90, 102, 105, 117, 120–21, 151–56, 152, 157, 159, 179, 186, 218–19, 220, 255, 266n, 280n, 284n
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, 292n
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, 291n
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
About the Author
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. Copyright © 2010 by Mark Lee Gardner. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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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
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2009025467
EPub Edition © January 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-196953-9
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