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BOLD WOMEN, COLD GOLD,

HARD MEN & HOT LEAD

[1869-1879]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

BY GARY WILES AND DELORES BROWN

CONTENTS CHRONOLOGY Chapter Page

			Pistol Duel on Cover [See Chapter 55]			[Summer 1877]			223
			Foreword by Curator Joe N. Bone			1869 through 1879			D
Prolg			Gold & Silver Spark Western Expansion			1869 through 1879			1
1			White Hostage at Fort Hays			Summer 1869			4
2			Hellfire In Hays City, Kansas			Summer - Fall 1869			8
3			Laura Fair's Desperate Dilemma			Fall 1869			12
4			Herd Sheep Or Starve			Spring - Fall 1869			16
5			Anaconda Of The Comstock			1865- 1870			20
6			Their Grand Obsession			Fall 1869 - Spring 1870			24
7			The Race Of The Century			Summer 1870			28
8			Boot Hill For Wild Bill			July 1870			32
9			Tryst On The El Capitan			Summer - Fall 1870			36
10			Accused Of First Degree Murder			Fall 1870- Spring 1871			42
11			Marshal Of The Abilene Dream			April - July 1871			49
12			Beefsteak For Idaho Miners			Spring - Summer 1871			53
13			Love and Death In Abilene			Summer - Fall 1871			57
14			Learning The Trail Game			Summer - Fall 1871			61
15			A Pair Beats Five Of A Kind			Fall 1871 - Early 1872			65
16			Laura Fair's Travails In Jail			Mid 1871 - Early 1872			69
17			The Golden Gold Digger			Summer - Fall 1872			73
18			Laura Fair's Final Act			Fall 1872			77
19			Thunder In The Hills			February 1873			81
20			Two Train Wrecks In Texas			Fall 1872- Early 1873			84
21			Three Way War On the Comstock			Spring - Fall 1873			88
22			North From Texas To Idaho			Spring - Fall 1873			92
23			Hostiles On The Yellowstone			Summer - Fall 1873			96
24			Wild Bill On Stage			Fall - Year's End 1873			102
25		Fighting Fire And Fast women			1874			106
26		Wild Bill Heads West			Spring-Fall 1874			110
27		Grant's Scandal Mine			Spring 1874			114
28		Custer's Black Hills Expedition			Summer 1874			117
29		Comstock's Rich Get Richer			Fall 1874			121
30		Rain-in-the-Face			Late 1874-Early 1875			124
31		Rocky Mountain Fever			Early 1875			128
32		Crazy For Adventure			Spring-Summer 1875			132
33		Alcatraz Farewell			Summer 1875			136
34		The Peacock and the Parasol			Summer 1875			140
35		Virginia City Wildfire			Fall-Late 1875			144
36		War In Washington			Fall 1875-Early 1876			148
37		Denver's Goddess of Chance			Late 1875			152
38		Will Wild Bill Wed?			Spring 1876			155
39		Revenge Of The Mad Hatter			Spring 1876			159
40		Secrets In Denver			Spring 1876			163
41		David, Pete And Frances			Spring-Summer 1876			167
42		Gold In The Dakotas			Spring-Summer 1876			171
43		Custer Enrages Grant			Spring-Summer 1876			174
44		Autie's Letters From Afar			Summer 1876			179
45		Taps For The 7^th Cavalry			Summer 1876			183
46		Controversial In Life and Death			Summer 1876			187
47		Wagons To Deadwood			Summer 1876			191
48		Desperate In Deadwood			Summer 1876			195
49	Wild Bill's Luck Runs Out			Summer 1876			199
50	Dakota Spy			Summer 1876			203
51	Bloody Black Hills			Summer-Fall 1876			207
52	The Long Hunt			Fall 1876			211
53	Dakota Territory vs. John McCall			Fall 1876-Spring 1877			215
54	Branding Time In Oregon			Spring-Summer 1877			219
55	Gunsmoke And Pink Tights			Summer 1877			223
56	The Reckless Buckaroo			Fall-Winter 1877			227
57	Indian War In Idaho And Oregon			Summer-Late 1878			230
58	Queen of the Desperadoes			Mid 1878-Early 1879			235
59	Inquiry and Renowned Reburials			1877-1879			240
60	Busted in Bodie			Fall 1879			244
61	The Comstock's Denouement			October 1879			248
62	High Road To Leadville			Fall-Late 1879			252
	Epilogue - Fate of Leading Figures			After 1879			258
	Acknowledgment						266
	Bibliography [Reference Key for Notes]						268
	With Research Notes						274
	Index of 409 Real People, 33 States etc						277
	List of 143 Illustrations [in this Text]						284
	Map List [11 Maps]						288
	Actual Maps [Pages 289 thru 299] About The Authors [Brief Biographies] Other Titles By These Authors Ordering Information						289 300 302 305

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