Includes bibliographical references and index.

Meet the Sinners and the Saints of historic Laramie City, Wyoming from the end-of-track gang hanged by vigilantes to prohibition-era moonshiners: Asa Moyer, one of several who met his death by rope ; Katie Trabing, a girl traded for a sack of flour ; Bronco Sam, a Black cowboy hero and murderer ; Nettie Stewart, a prostitute with friends in high places ; Martha Symons-Bois, the world s first lady bailiff ; William Crout, who had so many wives he lost count ; Jane Ivinson, who set the social standards ; Suzy Parker, a savvy Black madam ; Elias Kerr, said to have turned to stone in his grave ; Luther, a ghost who watches Laramie from a window ; B.S. Thomson, a storyteller who earned his initials ; Minnie Wurl, murdered while tending the cows -- and more!--back cover.