Goodbye, Judge Lynch: The End of the Lawless Era in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin

by John W. Davis

Book Overview

The big Horn Basin of northern Wyoming was one of the last frontiers in the continental United States. With settlers did not arrive until 1879, when cattlemen poured into the Basin to capture empty grasslands. In their haste to seize opportunity, the new residents did not establish an effective criminal justice system, and the consequence was rampant violence. In Goodbye, Judge Lynch, John W. Davis tells the fascinating story of how lawlessness finally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806137746
• ISBN13: 9780806137742
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.5"