Spooky Southwest: Tales Of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, And Other Local Lore
A collection of folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous Southwestern ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world.

Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened—and still do happen—in the collective back yard of the Southwestern states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts, from cattle rustlers to runaway trains.

Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for 35 creepy tails of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico, and Texas. Set in the American Southwest's historic towns and sparsely populated expanses, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.
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Spooky Southwest: Tales Of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, And Other Local Lore
A collection of folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous Southwestern ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world.

Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened—and still do happen—in the collective back yard of the Southwestern states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts, from cattle rustlers to runaway trains.

Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for 35 creepy tails of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico, and Texas. Set in the American Southwest's historic towns and sparsely populated expanses, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.
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Spooky Southwest: Tales Of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, And Other Local Lore

Spooky Southwest: Tales Of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, And Other Local Lore

Spooky Southwest: Tales Of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, And Other Local Lore

Spooky Southwest: Tales Of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, And Other Local Lore

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A collection of folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous Southwestern ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world.

Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened—and still do happen—in the collective back yard of the Southwestern states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts, from cattle rustlers to runaway trains.

Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for 35 creepy tails of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico, and Texas. Set in the American Southwest's historic towns and sparsely populated expanses, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493028009
Publisher: TwoDot
Publication date: 07/01/2017
Series: Spooky
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 200
File size: 12 MB
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About the Author

Author S.E. Schlosser has been telling stories since she was a child, when games of "let's pretend" quickly built themselves into full-length stories. A graduate of the Institute of Children's Literature and Rutgers University, she also created and maintains the website AmericanFolklore.net, where she shares a wealth of stories from all 50 states, some dating back to the origins of America.

Artist Paul Hoffman trained in painting and printmaking, with his first extensive illustration work on assignment in Egypt, drawing ancient wall reliefs for the University of Chicago. His work graces books of many genres - children's titles, textbooks, short story collections, natural history volumes, and numerous cookbooks. For Spooky Southwest, he employed a scratchboard technique and an active imagination.

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Stampede Mesa
Crosby County, Texas

I told Billy it was a bad idea, letting the herd overnight on Stampede Mesa. Oh I grant you that the grazing atop the 200 acres mesa is nearly always choice. But the history of the place! Well, none of the other cowboys would go near the mesa, especially at night. And no one in his right mind would take a herd there. They'd heard the same stories I had.
One cowpoke I know, a real shy fellow name of Ted, once told me in confidence that one stormy evening, while he was riding past the mesa, he had seen a herd of cattle stampeding through the clouds, driven by a terrible ghost on a blindfolded horse. The herd and its guards had fallen down a cloudy canyon and disappeared before Ted's eyes.
Now Ted is such a truthful fellow that the other cowpokes call him preacher. I believed his story, and was real angry when Billy insisted we overnight the herd there. But I was outvoted. None of the other cowboys would admit to believing in ghosts, and I was laughed to scorn when I voted we try another place for the night. So I rode a little away from the others, watching my section of cattle and remembering the story of Stampede Mesa and how it came to be haunted.

Table of Contents

Spooky Sites and Where to Find Them x

Introduction xiii

Part 1 Ghost Stories

1 The Ghost on the Tracks 2

Timpas, Colorado

2 The Half-Clad Ghost 6

Waco, Texas

3 The Death Waltz 14

Fort Union National Monument New Mexico

4 Going Courting 21

Fairplay, Colorado

5 The Ghost of Jean Baptiste 30

Salt Lake City, Utah

6 The Phantom Train 35

Saguache County, Colorado

7 The Posthole Digger 41

Summit County, Utah

8 Stampede Mesa 48

Crosby County, Texas

9 Pecos Bill and the Haunted House 53

Carson City, Nevada

10 La Llorona 58

Socorro County, New Mexico

11 The House of the Candle 63

Castroville, Texas

12 The Dust Storm 70

Scottsdale, Arizona

13 The Lonely Caballero 75

Santa Fe, New Mexico

14 Lafitte's Ghost 81

Laporte, Texas

15 The Lantern 87

Yuma, Arizona

16 The Guardian of Blacktail Canyon 92

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

17 The Lady in Red 100

Tonopah, Nevada

18 El Blanco 104

Jim Hog County, Texas

19 Red Eagle 110

Sedona, Arizona

20 The Bird Cage 118

Tombstone, Arizona

Part 2 Powers of Darkness and Light

21 The Dance 126

Kingsville, Texas

22 The Bear Lake Monster 130

Bear Lake, Utah

23 Divvying Up Souls 135

Smith County, Texas

24 The Ultimate Stakes 139

Virginia City, Nevada

25 Juan's Last Drink 148

Albuquerque, New Mexico

26 The Bucca 153

Virginia City, Nevada

27 The Singing Sands 158

Sand Mountain Recreation Area, Nevada

28 Old Granny Tucker 162

Tyler, Texas

29 The Spirit on the Mountain 171

Gila County, Arizona

30 Death and the Doctor 176

Santa Cruz County, Arizona

31 The Skeleton 181

Bernalillo County, New Mexico

32 The Black Cats' Message 185

Austin, Texas

33 Pedro de Urdemalas 191

Los Alamos, New Mexico

34 The Blue Lady 195

Isleta, New Mexico

35 I Can't Get In 200

Phoenix, Arizona

36 La Mala hora 207

Santa Fe, New Mexico

37 The Photographs 211

Lake Powell, Utah

38 Collateral 219

Glen Dale, Arizona

39 Rattler's Ridge 228

Wimberley, Texas

40 The Bloody Mary Ritual 234

Durango, Colorado

Resources 241

About the Author 245

About the Illustrator 246

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