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Notorious San Juans: Tales from Ouray, San Juan, and La Plata Counties
Living beyond the boundaries of society was a free pass to raise hell, sometimes. (The History Press)

History of San Juans
Tales of the Wild West revealed -- Shady characters central focus of Colorado author’s new book --The Durango Herald.
Released June 17, 2011.
Death of the Secret Service Man
Bad Blood on Bear Creek
The Grave Misfortune of Kid Adams, the Ouray Highwayman
Dangerous Women
Durango Desperadoes: Porter and Ike Stockton
The Tragic Tale of Mary Rose and the Cuddigans
The Famous and Infamous Days of the San Juans
A Colorado Range War: The Cox-Truby Feud
"The Utes Must Go"
The Wild and Wonderful Circle Route Stage
"White Capping" in the San Juans
Tragedy at Pine River
The Sheriff and the Marshal Shoot It Out
The HIgh Price of Being (and Killing) a Gentleman

Notorious Telluride: Tales from San Miguel County
"Wicked Good" -- Four Corners Free Press. Mischief, murder and mayhem from the early days of Telluride and San Miguel County. (The History Press)

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Wanted Dead or Alive: Jesse Munn
Death in the Disappointment Valley
The Highgrader and Rattlesnake Liz
The Troubled Saga of the Smuggler-Union Mine
The Snowy Adventures of the Millionaire Kid
Where Is James O'Kelly?
San Miguel County Bank Robbery
The Life and Times of the Tremont Saloon
The Disappearance of a Tomboy Bride
Banquets at the Telluride Treasury
Marshal Jim Clark
The Tale of the Trembling Bandit
For Love of Diamonds
Telluride's Gunfighter-Deputy, Bob Meldrum
Doc Mentzer and the Mysterious Monroes
Death by Gold Fever

Notorious Jefferson County
Dubbed "Wild, Wild West Colfax" by Westword Magazine.  Notorious and downright strange murder cases from the Old West of Jefferson County. (The History Press)

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The Case of the Lovelorn Prodigy (1919)
Hellion in the High Country (1899 and 1915)
How Deadman Gulch Got its Name (1872)
The Orchitic Strangulator (1893)
Love Triangle at Sherie's Ranch (1923)
The Mystery of the Winter Camper (1921)
Murder on Table Mountain (1910)
Mr. Bellew Runs Amuck (1912)
A Most Tragic Corner of the County (1866-1914)
A Muddled Case of Frontier Justice (1868)
The McQueary-Shaffer Feud (1907)
Murder of the Judge's Son (1916)
The Headless Skeleton (1924)
A Divorce Most Foul (1883)
A Clash over Cucumbers (1881)
The Missing Wagonmaster (1879)
The Peculiar Case of Mary Cobb (1910)
A Horse with Only One Shoe (1884)

Forgotten Heroes and Villains of Sand Creek
"Diamonds in the rough..." -- Boulder Daily Camera. The story of those who did the right thing and those who didn't. (The History Press)

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Chief Left Hand
Major Edward Wynkoop
Governor John Evans
Captain Silas Soule
Chief One Eye
Colonel John Chivington
Lieutenant Joseph Cramer
Major Scott Anthony
Chief White Antelope
William Bent
Major Jacob Downing
Lieutenant James Cannon
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel F. Tappan
Chief Black Kettle

Economics for the Impatient
Economics made easy -- with a few chuckles in between. (Clearwater Publishing)

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Capitalists and Anti-Capitalists
On Fear and the Free Market
Starting a Business
Money
Labor
In Whom Do We Trust?
Taxing, Spending, and Borrowing (aka Fiscal Policy)
How the Feds Tinker With (and Run) the Ecnomy
What About Those Other Guys?
International Economics


               








               


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