"GHOST-MURDER-MAYHEM: A CHRONICLE OF SANTA FE"
SOME OF THE STORIES FOUND IN THE BOOK CONCERNING - - COLONIAL AND WILD WEST DAYSTHE SANTA FE TRAIL: Interesting facts are woven together and the true story of how the trail came into being. From 1821 to 1880, the trail was the commerce artery for the southwest. SANTA FE'S MR. INDOMITABLE (A FORGOTTEN GOOD GUY): Charlie Siringo's life read like it was fashioned by a novelist. Siringo worked as a cowboy, was friends with Billy The Kid, Shanghai Pierce, Bat Masterson, and worked all the major western trails. Siringo then went onto become a lawman, and pursued some of the West's most notorious outlaws. As an elderly gentleman, Siringo moved to Hollywood and worked as a script writer for silent films.
THE HONORABLE WILLIAM HENRY BONNEY, A.K.A. BILLY THE KID: The west's most notorious outlaw, his life is revealed in this fascinating story. Read about THE KID'S EXPLOITS in Santa Fe. Facts, tall tales, the legend of THE KID comes alive. YOU CAN'T BEAT THE PERCENTAGES: Do~na Tules, a Santa Fe madam, is examined. Tules' life is some what similar to that of Evita Peron. Tules rose from nothing to become one of the richest lady's in the west. A Scarlet O'Hara type story but with brass tacks, and unlike the "GONE WITH THE WIND" heroine, Tules was not of the landed class. 
NEW MEXICO INVADED AND THE GETTYSBURG OF THE WEST: The battle of Glorieta, 1862, fought fifteen miles to the East of Santa Fe, was the turning point of the Civil war in the west. Yet teachers and history books, ignore this 3 day battle that was fought between Confederate and Union armies. THE WORDSMITH: Lew Wallace author of "Ben Hur", was Governor of New Mexico from 1878-1881. Wallace born in Indiana and was a general for the Union army during the Civil War. Due to his honesty, Wallace was appointed Governor of the New Mexico territory by president Rutherford B. Hayes. During his term, Wallace did his best in bringing law and order to Santa Fe and the territory. In his office at the Palace of the Governor's which is located off the plaza, Wallace in his spare time penned the novel, "BEN HUR". 
Many more stories are found in this book, concerning Santa Fe's Colonial and Wild West days.
KIT CARSON (A MAN MISSUNDERSTOOD) THE INQUISITION LADY GODIVA ON THE PLAZA Shootouts, etc....
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