SYNOPSIS

Bret and Bart Maverick toss a coin to decide which one will travel east and which will go west. The coin comes up heads, sending Bret straight to the gallows. Now what's going to happen?

ENCYCLOPEDIA MAVERICANA

Arizona Territory • Branding Iron Saloon • Cimarron • Claude • clerk • Clifford, Molly • Colfax County • Denver-Cheyenne and Laramie Line • Dry Springs Way Station • Elbow Bend • Elbow Bend Hotel • Elkins • El Paso • Empire Furniture and Drapery Company • Garth • Golden Bucket Saloon & Casino • Grant • Hallelujah • Henry • Hotel Hallelujah • Karim • Las Vegas • Ledbetter, Josh • Lloyd • Long • Mansion House • Mason • Maverick, Bart • Maverick, Bret • Maverick, "Pappy" Beauregard • Mayor • Meek • New Mexico Territory • Poole, Oliver • Queen's Lodgings • Richards, Brad • Richards, Indian Jim • Santa Fe • Santa Fe Trail • Sharp, Cliff • Sharp, Molly • Shaw • stagecoach driver • Stanley • Texas • thousand-dollar bill • Tucker, Chick • U.S. Mail • Wells, Fargo and Company

Listings in italics are not specifically mentioned by name in the story, but are inferred through other contextual references.

FURTHER READING

Death on the Gallows: The Story of Legal Hangings in New Mexico, 1847-1923; West C. Gilbreath — High Lonesome Books (May 2002)