A rare collection of accounts of incidents and legends throughout the state - intriguing bits of the past generally not found in conventional works of history.
Included in the 26 chapters are descriptions of a crucial battle between Indians and Spaniards in 1759; a place where "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" was composed; the wild and woolly past of a town called Navajoe; a whiskey-smuggling scheme that set a train depot on fire; a young man who left the oil.
Used in some schools as a teaching aid.
A rare collection of accounts of incidents and legends throughout the state - intriguing bits of the past generally not found in conventional works of history