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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
n

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
n

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.

www.markleegardner.com

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Jacket design by Mary Schuck

Jacket illustration © by the Granger Collection

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.

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

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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