Willard Thompson
ASIN: B003RWSG6S
Publisher: Rincon Publishing (June 14, 2010)
Pages: 4
Jack Powers, a New York Bowery native and veteran of the U.S. Army of occupation of California during the Mexican War was a flamboyant man. He hob-nobbed with politicians and gamblers, and was reputed to be the best horseman in a land of great horsemen.But when Powers decided to settle down, he made the mistake of squatting on what he thought was vacant land when in reality if was part of a huge Mexican land grant. The Santa Barbara sheriff formed a posse to evict him and that's when the shooting and stabbing started. From that day forward, Powers and his men turned to a life of murder and robbery.