Hangings; lynchings and jail breaks are long forgotten in Pacific County; where tourists flock to quaint attractions every season. But back in the early days; when the first jailhouse was built; this was a rough; rustic setting. Popular cannery worker Lum You was hanged here in 1902�the only legal execution in county history. Industrious smugglers and creative entrepreneurs outwitted state-sanctioned prohibition measures; though some still did time in the jailhouse. Historian Sydney Stevens presents a collection of tales culled from a forgotten prison record book. Opium fiends; thieves; military deserters and even wayward girls jailed for incorrigible acts are brought out of the shadows of a wilderness long gone.
2016-05-13 2016-05-13File Name: B01FMKUQK6
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