In this episode, we explore the origins of the McCarty family, starting with their patriarch, Alexander McCarty, a Civil War doctor who ventured west in search of a new beginning. The McCartys' arrival in Grass Valley, Utah, marks the start of their complex relationship with the land, the law, and the local Navajo tribes, whose lives would become intertwined with the McCartys' destiny in unforeseen ways. Then enters Porter Rockwell, on assignment from Brigham Young to rid Zion of the McCarty family altogether.
We also include description of the Telluride Bank Robbery in 1889 as well as Tom McCarty's robbery of the First National Bank in Denver Colorado. He robbed David H. Moffat and his bank of $21,000, all using his six-shooter and a bottle full of sweet oil. Listen in!