Hell holes and hangings /

"The Territorial prisons and penitentiaries were meant to be just a little tougher than the meanest outlaw the devil ever made -- and they were. This is the story of a selected few of these prisons, and of the taut, life-and-death dramas often played out within the shadows of their brooding wal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harrison, Fred, 1917-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Clarendon, Tex. : Clarendon Press, 1968.
Subjects:	Prisons > West (U.S.) West (U.S.) > History. États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire. Prisons. West United States. Printed books > 20th century > United States > Texas > Quanah > Specimens. History.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 Idaho Territory (1863-1890)
Chapter 2 Utah Territory (1850-1896)
Chapter 3 Montana Territory (1864-1889)
Chapter 4 New Mexico Territory (1850-1912)
Chapter 5 Indian Territory (1834-1907)
Chapter 6 Arizona Territory (1863-1912)
Chapter 7 Colorado Territory (1861-1876)
Chapter 8 California.