Lowell "Zeke" Ziemann

America's First Centennial & the Old West Lowell "Zeke" Ziemann

This entertaining and creative book presents prominent events, primarily in the Western Territories of the United States in its first centennial year of 1876. Well researched articles and colorful historical short stories transport the reader a into one of the Country's most remembered years. Custer's Little Big Horn debacle, Wild Bill Hickok's murder in Deadwood, Jesse James' gang capture in Minnesota, Bat Masterson's first gunfight in Texas, and other incidents are presented in detail with many little know facts. Did John Wesley Hardin kill a man for snoring? Did Clay Allison cut off the head of a man he killed?Did Jesse James run off from his gang?Who said, "Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress...but I repeat myself?Who, at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, said, "it is a good day to die?"How long did it take to ride the train from New York to San Francisco?What Western actor said, "A man's gotta have a code, a creed to iive by."?What were the newspapers reporting in 1876? Where were some of the Wests most famous and infamous characters residing?How has the movie industry portrayed the heroes and villains of 1876?What makes Western history, movies, and books so endearing to so many people? Using various resources, Arizona Author, Zeke Ziemann, examines these questions and others, as he paints a vivid picture of those times and places. It is all here. Whether you are an Old West history buff, or simply enjoy a well written, entertaining read, you will thoroughly enjoy this book.