Mary Lee Tiernan

Benson's Bad Boys Mary Lee Tiernan

True stories of murder and mayhem from the Old West. Benson, Arizona was founded as a railroad town in the San Pedro Valley in 1880 when Geronimo still roamed the valley and terrorized settlers and travelers. Because Benson was a small town, it never received the notoriety of its neighbor Tombstone. But the images one conjures up of the Wild West-shootouts, saloons, hangings, fights-could be found in Benson. The printed version is illustrated with numerous old photographs.