Wild West has always held an image of a desolate mysterious world of yesteryears. There are stories about territorial rivalry, treasure hunts, stories of gunmen on horses, and whatnot. Here are some mindboggling stories from the Wild West.
What happened to the Head of Pancho Villa?
Bandit-turned-hero of the Mexican Revolution negotiated terms of withdrawal with the Mexican government in 1920 and then decided to retire from the battleground. But then he vanished. One folklore states he was assassinated and exhumed secretively. His head was supposedly either taken by the neurologists in Chicago or an infamous Yale fraternal organization to be studied.
Was Billy the Kid really killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett?
William H. Bonney alias Billy the Kid murdered Sheriff William Brady and later while serving imprisonment, escaped Lincoln County Jail in New Mexico. Sheriff Pat Garrett claimed he tracked him, shot him, and promptly disposed of his body. But his claim is questioned later as a man by the name of Brushy Bill Roberts appeared later seeking pardon for the crimes of Billy the Kid. They’re still the mystery around what exactly happened.
The mystery behind Thunderbird.
In the late 1800s, numerous articles appeared in California and Arizona about a mysterious giant winged creature. What caught my attention was a photograph of the creature nailed in a barn near Tombstone and is widely spread across the town. Jameson claimed he has an origin feather of the beast and claimed that the feather was examined by many ornithologists. He asserted that the feather belongs to an unknown species. Even a Cherokee treasure hunter found several similar feathers in a cave near Utah.
What is the location of the Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine?
Several treasure hunters went to the Superstition Mountains of Arizona to find Waltz’s cache soon after he died in 1891. After that, to date around 8000 people have gone to the Lost Dutchman State Park thinking of striking gold. The most talked-about lost treasure in America is a mystery as some believe it is there to be unearthed while othersfeel, the Lost Dutchman Mine was mined out and there is nothing to explore.
Where exactly is Cochise’s burial site?
The legendary Apache Chief Cochise ruled his Chiricahua stronghold southeast of Tucson, Arizona for nearly 15 years. Later, in 1874, he died a natural death and was buried in a traditional way with his horse and dog near his ranch. But to date, the exact location of his grave is unknown.
These are some of the intrigues of the Wild West.
