California was a wild and lawless place in the 1850s, and San Luis Obispo County was no exception. Outlaws and bandits passed along the El Camino Real, now Highway 101, leaving a trail of victims. Despite attempts to stem the tide of crime with a vigilante committee and a string of executions, notorious men continued to be drawn to the central coast well into the next century. The James brothers, the Daltons and even Al Capone made their mark here, while lawmen worked to tame this piece of the western frontier. Author Jim Gregory details nefarious activities lost to time.
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California was a wild and lawless place in the 1850s, and San Luis Obispo County was no exception. Outlaws and bandits passed along the El Camino Real, now Highway 101, leaving a trail of victims. Despite attempts to stem the tide of crime with a vigilante committee and a string of executions, notorious men continued to be drawn to the central coast well into the next century. The James brothers, the Daltons and even Al Capone made their mark here, while lawmen worked to tame this piece of the western frontier. Author Jim Gregory details nefarious activities lost to time.
California was a wild and lawless place in the 1850s, and San Luis Obispo County was no exception. Outlaws and bandits passed along the El Camino Real, now Highway 101, leaving a trail of victims. Despite attempts to stem the tide of crime with a vigilante committee and a string of executions, notorious men continued to be drawn to the central coast well into the next century. The James brothers, the Daltons and even Al Capone made their mark here, while lawmen worked to tame this piece of the western frontier. Author Jim Gregory details nefarious activities lost to time.
Details
Pages: 160
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: True Crime
Publication Date: 9th October 2017
State: California
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781625859266
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime PHOTOGRAPHY / History
Author Bio
Jim Gregory is a longtime Arroyo Grande resident, and this is his fourth book on local history. He attended the two-room Branch School in the Upper Arroyo Grande Valley, Cuesta College, the University of Missouri and Cal Poly. He taught for thirty years at Mission Prep in San Luis Obispo and at Arroyo Grande High School, earning Teacher of the Year in 2010-11 and retiring in 2015. Gregory is married to Elizabeth, a campus minister and teacher, and is the father of John and Thomas.
California was a wild and lawless place in the 1850s, and San Luis Obispo County was no exception. Outlaws and bandits passed along the El Camino Real, now Highway 101, leaving a trail of victims. Despite attempts to stem the tide of crime with a vigilante committee and a string of executions, notorious men continued to be drawn to the central coast well into the next century. The James brothers, the Daltons and even Al Capone made their mark here, while lawmen worked to tame this piece of the western frontier. Author Jim Gregory details nefarious activities lost to time.
Pages: 160
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: True Crime
Publication Date: 9th October 2017
State: California
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781625859266
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime PHOTOGRAPHY / History
Jim Gregory is a longtime Arroyo Grande resident, and this is his fourth book on local history. He attended the two-room Branch School in the Upper Arroyo Grande Valley, Cuesta College, the University of Missouri and Cal Poly. He taught for thirty years at Mission Prep in San Luis Obispo and at Arroyo Grande High School, earning Teacher of the Year in 2010-11 and retiring in 2015. Gregory is married to Elizabeth, a campus minister and teacher, and is the father of John and Thomas.
