Outlaw Tales of Oregon, 2nd : True Stories of the Beaver State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, and Cutthroats

by Yuskavitch, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780762772636
• ISBN10: 0762772638
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-18
• Publisher: TwoDot

Summary

Like any other state in the Wild West, Oregon has seen its share of prospectors, cattle ranchers, and saloons-along with the predictable accompaniment of robbers, rustlers, and con men. The stateÆs last train robbery, poorly planned and executed by the inept DeAutremont brothers, left the perpetrators empty-handed and eventually earned all three life sentences. Notorious road agent Black Bart followed the gold dust trail from California up through Oregon, mining stagecoaches along the way. And violent criminal Carl Panzram escaped from an Oregon prison twice, only to become one of the nationÆs worst serial killers.

Author Biography

Jim Yuskavitch has worked as a freelance writer and photographer since 1993. His other books include Fishing Oregon and Mysteries and Legends of Oregon. He lives in Sisters, Oregon.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vi
Introduction	p. viii
The DeAutremont Brothers	p. 1
The Prineville Vigilantes	p. 15
Black Bart	p. 30
Range Wars	p. 41
Bill Miner	p. 52
Harry Tracy and Dave Merrill	p. 65
The McCartys	p. 78
Dave Tucker	p. 91
Hank Vaughan	p. 100
Incident at Chinese Massacre Cove	p. 112
Carl Panzram	p. 121
The Triskett Gang	p. 136
Bibliography	p. 149
Index	p. 153
About the Author	p. 158
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