The Missing Thumb Killer: And Other Quirky Tales from the Early Days of Law and Enforcement in Oregon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781483403885)

When wagon trains began to spill into the Pacific Northwest in the mid-1840s no one knew what was to come without any form of government. It didn't take long for things to take shape and for law enforcement to begin its work. See how outlaws were dealt with and how justice was handed out on the final frontier. Oregon never had the gangs of outlaws that roamed in the wild open spaces. The early Sheriffs had to deal with colorful individuals in a time of vigilante justice where a crime might happen in the morning, the trial in the afternoon and a hanging by nightfall.

Author: Linda Harter McCarthy
ISBN-10: 1483403882
ISBN-13: 9781483403885
Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2013
Pages: 148
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d