The "horrible crime" that was, as ever so often, blamed on a "crazy Indian"
Quintus Hopper of Nevada series: The Southern Paiute tribes were peaceful - but the few white people in Southern Nevada at the time were ruled by fear and blamed everything on "renegade Indians."
Quintus Hopper of Nevada, published in January 2022, is a historical novel that follows the epic and peculiar life of a frontier newspaper typesetter. As part of my research, I made extensive use of newspaper archives and, in this series, I’ll share some of my often-surprising findings. Here are history, commentaries and contemporary newspaper articles …
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