Description Carbon County\'s history contains many fascinating people, some who are well-known for reasons good and bad, and some who never laid a claim to fame.
Their occupations ran the gamut from ranchers to ruffians, from lawmen to outlaws, and from doctors to artists..
Others faded from the limelight, quickly.
Some became legends still cloaked in controversy.
Others harbored darker dreams, weaving their schemes in that wide-open time and place.
Some attained success.
Lillian Heath who used outlaw Big Nose George\'s skull for a doorstop
Bill Carlisle, the gentleman bandit; and John Osborne, the governor who wore shoes made of an outlaw\'s skin.
This book features historical biographies of thirty-one people who left a mark on Carbon Country, including mountain man Jim Baker; pioneer Margaret Savage, Dr.
Description Carbon County\'s history contains many fascinating people, some who are well-known for reasons good and bad, and some who never laid a claim to fame
