“The Severed Heads Campaign” (March 2015) was a most interesting story. Did some frontier bounty hunters also collect heads?
Paul Gordon
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Absolutely—frontier bounty hunters collected the heads of California bandit Joaquin Murrieta and Midwest murderer Micajah “Big” Harpe.
One of the most interesting tales involved the Espinosa brothers, Felipe and José Vivian, who went on a bloody rampage in Colorado. Starting in March 1863, they shot, stabbed and
Already Signed Up? Log in here.
Read this article now for Free!
Ready for a third free article? Create a free account by entering your email address and a password below.
— OR —
Sign Up Now for $29.95 a year and have immediate access to all of True West content, including the complete True West Archives dating back to 1953!
