"BOOT HILL.A FENCED ENCLOSURE CONTAINING THE GRAVES OF THE HEROES AND ROGUES OF A BLOODYPAST.THE GROUND IS SANDY AND THE WOODEN CROSSES TOP UNTIDY MOUNDS." "THE TIDIEST MEMORIAL IN BOOT HILL,WITH A MARBLE HEADSTONE, PAYS TRIBUTE TO AN OLD WARRIOR-LORD EREBUS WHO DIED LEADING THE ROCHDALE FUSILIERS IN THE BATTLE FOR THE ALAMO !" "THE WESTERN SLOPE OF BOOT HILL OVERLOOKS THE SITE OF O.K CORRAL.THERE THE OUTLAW BAND MADETHEIR FINAL STAND!" "A WOODEN ARCHWAY SIGNIFIES ENTRANCE TOTHE O.K CORRAL.BULLET HOLES HAVE RIDDLED THE FENCESLIKE OVERACTIVE WOODWORM." "A TROUGH OF BLOOD-STAINED WATER STANDS USELESSLY IN A CORNER, GIVING THE CHILL FEELINGTHAT ALL HAS NOT BEEN WELL !" "THE SITE WHERE DOC HOLLIDAY FINALLY WENT ON PERMANENT VACATION. A SMALL MEMORIAL PLAQUE ISFIXED TO A STABLE WALL." "A LINE OF RED-FLANNEL UNDERWEAR SUPPORTS A WELL-KNOWN THEORY. TO THE EAST A BROKEN DOORGIVES ACCESS TO A WOODEN BUILDING." "THE STABLE THAT SAW THE BITTER CONFLICT THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF SEVEN MEN.........ALL WITH THEIR BOOTS ON !" "IN UNTIDY ROWS THEY LIE.FRAGILE WOODEN CROSSES BEARING NAMES OF THE IMMORTAL &THE IMMORAL.FROM CALAMITY JANE TO JESSE JAMES THEIR BONES MINGLE IN FINAL ACCORD" "ON THE SLOPE OF BOOT HILL A VIEW OF THE HORNBY DOUBLE 'O' RANCH SHOWS THAT LIFE GOES ON,AND THAT THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY IS BUT A SHADOW OF FORMER GLORY." "THE TELEGRAPH OFFICE THAT STILL DISPLAYS A SIGN STATING THAT THE 3.10 TO YUMA HAS BEENDELAYED. GLENN FORD GAVE UP WAITING LONG AGO." "THE UNWASHED AND DUSTY PLATFORM OF THE STATION NOW IN THE HANDS OF BRITISH RAIL-AN ODOUROF STEWED TEA MINGLES WITH THE SMELL OF CORDITE AND WESTERN UNDERWEAR." "THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS. THE RUSTED RAILS LIE LOOSELY SCATTERED AND THE OLD SLEEPERSARE CRUMBLING IN THE HEAT. CAN YOU HEAR THE SNORING ?" "A HUGE SINGLE ALL PURPOSE-ROOM, THE BIG TABLE OCCUPIES THE CENTRE AND A PICTURE ABOVE THEFIREPLACE DOMINATES THE ROOM." "LINED WITH BUNKS AND HAMMOCKS THE ROOM IS DAMP AND SMELLS OF RED-EYE, SOCKS AND ARMPITS.THE ODOUR OF THE WEST !" "THE RED SAND HAS BEEN MARKED WITH SMALL ROCKS, DEPICTING THE PLACES WHERE THEY FELL,SOTHAT THE LOCAL CHILDREN MAY PLAY OUT A RE-ENACTMENT OF THE FAMOUS BATTLE." "THE ALAMO TRAIL.THIS WELL-WORN PATHWAY FROM BOOT HILL LEADS NORTH TO THE ALAMO.TO THE EASTARE THE WILDS OF THE WEST." "DRIED SHRUBBERY AND DECAYING CACTII SHOW THE POWER OF THE SUN IN THIS BARREN PATH ON ROUTETO DEATH VALLEY." "THE APACHE CANYON,SO SHELTERED THAT EVEN THE VULTURES SHIVER WITH COLD, AND THE TRAVELLERSHIVERS WITH FEAR." "THE WATER TOWER, THAT FEEDS THE ENGINES THAT PULL OCCASIONAL EXCURSIONS TO SUCH PLACES ASROCHDALE AND WAPPING, PROUDLY DRIPS UPON GRATEFUL COWS." "A HEAVILY MARKED TRAIL LEADS WEST TO THE WATER TOWER, AND EAST TO THE HOME OF THE HORNBYFAMILY." "THE WHITE PAINTED VERANDAH OF A PLEASANT HOUSE.POTTED FLOWERS BRIGHTEN THE SCENE AND ANOPEN DOOR IS TO THE SOUTH." "THE VERANDAH CONTINUES AND A HAMMOCK CAN BE SEEN THROUGH A DOORWAY. THE RANCHERS MESS-ROOMIS TO THE SOUTH." "SCRATCHED ON THE FENCING IS THE FAMOUS QUOTATION,# BILLY THE KID WAS NO JESSE #" "ALAMO JUNCTION..THE DRY RED EARTH FORMS SHADED PATTERNS IN THE SUN, AND GOPHERS TAKE THEIRCONSTITUTIONALS WITH APLOMB." "CRITTER'S DIVIDE.THE CHOICE IS EAST TO THE ALAMO TRAIL,OR SOUTH TO THE WILD AND WOOLLYWASTES OF THE WEST." "TO THE EAST IS THE FORBIDDING AND HUGE AREA OF DEATH VALLEY.TO THE NORTH IS THE ALAMOTRAIL." "DEATH VALLEY.VULTURES CIRCLE ABOVE WITH EAGER ANTICIPATION, AND THE REMAINS OF PAST MEALSCLUTTER THE LANDSCAPE." "DEATH VALLEY'S ONLY WATERHOLE.THE WATER IS STAGNANT AND SMELLS OF ROTTED FLESH.A BLOATEDCOW GRACES THE SCENE." "THE REMAINS OF A MINING OPERATION.SIEVES AND PANS LAY BY THE SIDE OF A DRIED-UP STREAM,AND THE HEAT FROM THE SUN BEATS DOWN FIERCLY." "OLD BATTLE SCARRED WAGONS FORMED INTO A CIRCLE BEAR WITNESS TO A MASSACRE. ARROWS AREIMPALED INTO THE WAGONSIDES AND THE CANVAS COVERS HAVE BEEN BURNT AWAY." "APACHE DEATH WALK BEGINS.FROM HERE ON TO THE NORTH ALL TRAVELLERS GO ON FOOT. THE PATHWAYIS NARROW AND ROCK-STREWN." "NORTHWARDS IS THE PRAIRIE EXIT FROM THE ALAMO.THE BATTLEMENTS ARE CRUMBLING AND THE ONCEHUGE OAK DOOR IS JUST A LITTER OF FIREWOOD." "THE ARSENAL.EMPTY POWDER KEGS LIE AMIDST THE RUINS CAUSED BY THE STUB OF A JOHN WAYNE'HAND ROLLED ON HORSEBACK' SMOKE." "THE GRAND ENTRANCE TO THE FORT.THE SPEAR THAT IMPALED LAURENCE HARVEY TO THE DOOR IS STILLIN PLACE, AND DAVY CROCKETT'S HAT WALKS THE RUINS." "THE ROAD BENDS SHARPLY FROM NORTH TO THE EAST,AND THE TARMAC IS HOT AND STICKY IN THE HEATOF THE SUN." "A THICKLY WOODED AREA BORDERS THE ROAD,AND OVERHANGING BRANCHES GIVE PROTECTION FROM THESUN." "THE ROAD BECOMES UNEVEN AS IT WINDS FROM THE NORTH TO THE EAST. GRAVEL PATCHES MAR THESURFACE." "THE TRAIL STOPS ABRUPTLY. A HUGE WALL IS TO THE NORTH AND A FAMILIAR OAK DOOR IS INSET." "APACHE WALK CONTINUES.THE HEAT BLEACHES ALL THE ROCKS WHITE AND NOT A SOUND CAN BE HEARD." "THE PRAIRIES EXTEND FURTHER THAN THE EYE CAN SEE.IN THE DISTANCE SMOKE RISES AS A MESSAGETO THE APACHE WARRIORS." "AN OLD CAMP SITE, HURRIEDLY LEFT. STREWN ASHES MINGLE WITH THE PARCHED GRASS AND BUSY ANTSSCURRY TO AND FRO." "THE HANGING TREE.A LIFELESS TREE STANDS PROUDLY EXHIBITING CLEARLY THAT EVEN A DEAD TREEHAS USES OUTSIDE ROCHDALE!" "THE ROAD PICKS UP REAL DIMENSIONS. WHITE LINES MARK THE EDGES AND A NO PARKING SIGN ADORNSTHE PAVEMENT." "EACH SIDE OF THE ROAD HAS AN ENBANKMENT FORMED FROM LOOSE DRY SOIL.AN AVALANCHE WARNINGSIGN BODES ILL!" "TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH THE ROAD TO RUIN-BETTER KNOWN AS TOMBSTONE !-CONTINUES." "ANOTHER DOOR BARS THE WAY.THERE ARE HIGH WALLS TO THE EAST AND WEST.[ THINGS GET A BITRIDICULOUS, DON'T THEY ! ]." "BONES OF TRAVELLERS PAST LITTER THE PATH AND THEY TOO ARE BLEACHED PURE WHITE.....WHITER'NDRIVEN SNOW AND NOWHERE TO GO !" "TO THE NORTH IS RED RIVER VALLEY,HERE IS A WELL TROD PATHWAY SOUTH AND EAST.BIG JOHN WAYNEWAS A MASOCHIST, HE LIKED A COLD SHOWER EACH MORNING - SO HE DIDN'T HAVE ONE !" "THE EDGE OF THE PRAIRIE WHERE THE ARID LAND MEETS THE LUSH PASTURES OF THE RED RIVERVALLEY." "THE HANGING TREE BURIAL GROUNDS. LOOSELY COVERED IN SHALE THE BODIES OFFER RICH PICKINGSTO VULTURES AND VERMIN ALIKE." "MEXICAN MILE.THE TRAIL CONTINUES TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH. DEEP BUSHES EITHER SIDE MAKE FORA PERFECT TRAP." "THE ROAD CONTINUES TO THE EAST, THERE IS A GAP IN THE THICKET AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD-LEADING TO THE WEST." "STRAIGHT AND TRUE THE ROAD TO TOMBSTONE LEADS TO THE SOUTH. IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT ISSTRAIGHT AND TRUE IN THE WEST !" "YET ANOTHER DOOR TO THE NORTH.SET IN THE WALL TO THE WEST IS A NARROW SLIT." "THE SUN IS SO INTENSE AND BLINDING THAT THE PATHWAY NORTH IS HARDLY VISIBLE." "A SHALLOW STREAM WINDS ITS WAY NORTHWARD TO THE RED RIVER.THE BANKS FLOURISH WITH FLOWERSAND THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS IS MORE THAN A TUNE." "THE CHARRED SHELL OF THE DEADWOOD STAGE SPOILS THE GREENERY.IT IS A PITY THAT IT FAILEDTO GO ON OVER THE HILL." "THE WIDENING TRAIL BENDS SHARPLY NORTH AND EAST. DRY BUSHES LINE THE TRAIL AND DEEP CARTTRACKS MARK THE WAY." "AMBUSH ALLEY. THE FAVOURITE HAUNT OF THE ALCOHOLIC INDIANS OF THE HAVAGO TRIBE." "A PORCHWAY IN THE WALL LEADS SOUTHWARDS AND A LARGE SIGN TO THE NORTH INDICATES........ ## GUN PARK ##." "THE PATHWAY CURVES ALONGSIDE A WALL FROM NORTH TO THE WEST.THE WALL IS COVERED IN IVY." "ANOTHER DOOR TO THE NORTH,ANOTHER WALL TO THE EAST AND WEST.IT IS ALL STRANGELY REPETETIVE" "THE ROCKY PATHWAY IS EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO NEGOTIATE, SHARP EDGES LIKE SHATTERED RED-EYEBOTTLES ARE UNDERFOOT." "THE SOUTHERN BANK OF THE MUDDY RED RIVER-MUCH CATTLE HAS PASSED THIS WAY. NORTH ACROSS THEFAST FLOWING RIVER THE TRAIL TO TOMBSTONE CAN BE SEEN." "DOWN A GENTLE SLOPE TO THE WEST CAN BE SEEN THE BANKS OF THE RED RIVER.SOUTH IS THE VASTPRAIRIE." "THE EDGE OF TOMBSTONE RUBBISH TIP. BEAN CANS ARE INFESTED BY BEETLES AND FLIES,A PUNGENTSMELL EXUDES FROM THE DUMP." "## DOCTOR WHEELER'S POTION CURES ALL ## SAYS THE BANNER SPREAD ACROSS THE ROAD. MY WORD,WHAT A BUSY TALKATIVE MAN HE IS!" "TOMBSTONE ALLEY ! THE SITE OF MANY SHOOT-OUTS IS DIRECTLY NORTH." "IN MAZE-LIKE FASHION THE PATHWAY WINDS EAST AND SOUTH. THE HEAVY SCENT OF LILAC FILLS THEAIR." "A NARROW GRAVEL PATHWAY LEADS WESTWARDS AND TO THE NORTH.TO THE SOUTH A WALL AND A DOOR." "A SIGNPOST HAMMERED INTO THE ROCKS IS A PLEASING CHANGE FROM THE STARK SCENERY." "THE NORTH BANK OF RED RIVER.TOMBSTONE IS BY THE TRAIL TO THE EAST." "THE WEST BANK OF A RED RIVER TRIBUTARY.A SIGNPOST IS VISIBLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER." "THE EAST BANK OF THE TRIBUTARY. THE TOWN TRAIL LEADS SOUTH." "A MURMURING HORDE IN THE TOWN SQUARE ARE ADMIRING AND MUTTERING ABOUT SOME EVENTS JUSTBEYOND VIEW TO THE SOUTH." "TOMBSTONE CITY JAIL ! THE ONLY POSSIBLE WAY OUT IS THROUGH THE IRON BARS IN THE WEST WALL.A SIGN READS # WE HANG DAILY #" "IN MAZE-LIKE FASHION THE PATHWAY WINDS EAST AND SOUTH.THE HEAVY SCENT OF TULIP FILLS THEAIR." "EXTENDING WEST AND SOUTH THE NARROW PATH IS FLANKED BY SHRUBBERY AND FLOWERING BUSHES." "TO THE NORTH IS AN INDIAN RESERVATION,TO THE SOUTH IS THE FEARED APACHE WALK. THE HEAT ISINTENSE AND ALL IS STILL." "THE RESTING PLACE OF THE LAST BIG CHIEF OF THE HAVAGO NATION. THE WALLS CARRY A PICTUREDHISTORY OF THE GREAT TRIBE, AND A TRIBUTE IN ENGLISH IS ETCHED ON THE DAIS." "A BOX-LIKE CHAMBER.THE WALLS AND CEILING MEET IN SHARP CONCAVITY AND THE FLOOR IS A SHINYBLUE." "THE ANTE-CHAMBER TO THE FINAL CATACOMBS.FROM THE EAST A COOL DRAUGHT BLOWS THE ODOURS OFMYSTICAL HERBS." "THE HAVAGO SPA. CENTRALLY SITED IS A HUGE STEAMING POOL, THE SMELL OF SULPHUR AND DEATHMINGLE STRANGELY." "THE SOUTH-WESTERN EDGE OF THE RESERVE,A STONY PATH LEADS NORTH TOWARDS THE MAIN ENCAMPMENT" "THE PATH PASSES THROUGH A CLUSTER OF BIG MULBERRY TREES.THE GRASS IS STAINED BLUE WITH THEJUICE OF THE BERRIES." "THE GRASSY PATHWAY CONTINUES, COOLER AIR BLOWS FROM THE NORTH, AND THE SOUND OF DISTANTDRUMS CAN BE HEARD." "THE START OF A GRASSY PATHWAY LEADING TO THE WEST ALONGSIDE THE RESERVATION." "CLANCY WENT ON CLIMBING THROUGH THE DARK AND CLOUDY HILLS,FOR HE KNEW THAT IN HIS RUCKSACKWAS A BOX OF WENTWORTH'S PILLS." "A WIDE CHASM LIES TO THE WEST,BEYOND THE CHASM THE PATH CAN BE SEEN CONTINUING. NORTHWARDSTHE TRAIL RETURNS TO LOWLANDS." "THE INNER SANCTUM.A FLARE BURNS WITH A BLUISH HUE CAUSING EERIE SHADOWS ON THE SCULPTUREDWALLS." "THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER OF THE HAVAGO TRIBE-STONE SEATS FORM A SEMI-CIRCLE AROUND A CENTRALDAIS." "A ROCKY LEDGE PRESENTING A DIFFICULT WAY NORTH STANDS AWAY FROM THE BASE OF A YEW TREE." "THE CHIEF OF ALL THE HAVAGOS SITS BY HIS WIGWAM. HIS DAUGHTER WHOM HE HOLDS EQUAL TO HISTWO SONS SITS TO HIS RIGHT ON A HIPPO SKIN. HIS TWO SONS SIT ON SKINS TO HIS LEFT." "THE HALLOWED GROUNDS OF THE CHIEF OF ALL HAVAGOS. THE GRASS IS FRESHLY MOWN AND A TOTEMPOLE STANDS PROUDLY DECORATED WITH MANY SCALPS." "THE PAPOOSE PLAYGROUND. WOODEN TOYS ARE LAYING ABOUT AND SAND CASTLES ABOUND." "THE PAIN THAT ENGULFED HIM AND NEAR TORE HIS BODY APART,MADE HIM SHAKE AND SHIVER FROM HISTOENAILS TO HIS HEART." "A NARROW PATHWAY LEADS SOUTHWARDS ROUND CLANCY' ESCARPMENT. NAMED AFTER A FAMOUS WESTERNTRAVELLING MAN." "A STRANGE CAVERN.THE WALLS AND ROOF ARE PAINTED BLUE AND THE FLOOR IS POLISHED TO A MIRRORFINISH." "A CAVERNOUS ENTRANCE, DECORATED WITH THE PAINTINGS OF GENERATIONS OF HAVAGOS. THE BAREROCKS HAVE BEEN SCULPTED INTO GOD-LIKE FIGURES." "THE ENTRANCE TO THE SACRED CAVERNS OF AN OLD TRIBE OF HAVAGO INDIANS LIES TO THE WEST. TOTHE NORTH ARE BURIAL GROUNDS." "THE EDGE OF THE VILLAGE. VARIOUS CHARMS TO DETER EVIL SPIRITS ARE HANGING FROM THE TREES.UNSEEN EYES SCAN THE PATH." "THE CATTLE PENS. THE CATTLE ARE AWAY TO GRAZE BUT THEIR SMELL LINGERS STRONGLY." "AN AREA OF CLEAR GRASS KEPT FOR THE USE OF SQUAWS AND CHILDREN.BRAVES ARE NOT WELCOMEDHERE." "CLANCY CONTINUED CLIMBING, THE PAIN HE COULD HARDLY BEAR-BUT, HE KNEW THAT IN A RUCKSACKWAS THE ANSWER TO HIS PRAYER." "A ROCKY LEDGE SECURE FROM THE COLD WIND THAT BLOWS THROUGH THE HILLS." "THE WINDING PATH THROUGH THE BLACK HILLS CONTINUES TO THE WEST." "THE START OF THE WINDING PATHWAY THROUGH THE BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA. THIS IS WHERE IT ALLBEGAN FOR DORIS DAY!" "A ROCKY TRAIL CONTINUES. TO THE WEST ARE THE BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA AND NORTHWARDS ARE THEBURIAL GROUNDS." "MOR E BODIES, OFFERED AS A GIFT TO NATURE ADORN THE BUSHES AND TREES. SCAVENGERS BY THEHUNDRED !" "THE BODIES ARE OLDER HERE AND THE BONES GLEAM IN THE SUNLIGHT THAT FILTERS IN." "THE YELLOW IDOL OF THE TRIBE OF HAVAGO.AT IT'S FEET ARE PLACED THE OFFERINGS OF THE KINOF THE DEPARTED- TO ENSURE THE COMFORTS OF THEIR LOVED ONES IN THAT GREAT RESERVATION IN THE SKY." "BRAVELY,ONWARD,EVER ONWARD,OUR HERO MADE HIS WAY-PUTTING OFF THE SWEET RELIEF FOR JUSTANOTHER DAY." "WITH A DRAUGHT OF MOUNTAIN WATER, WITH A PILL UPON HIS TONGUE, CLANCY SWALLOWED DEEPLYAND MOUNTAIN BIRDS-THEY SUNG !" "THE PAIN THAT CLANCY SUFFERED, COULDN'T BEAT THOSE PILLS-THAT HAD NESTLED IN HIS RUCKSACKAS HE JOURNEYED THROUGH THE HILLS." "IT'S A HAVAGO INDIAN SPEAKEASY.A PRICE-LIST HANGS ON THE WALL !" "TO THE WEST IS AN OPEN CAVE.TO THE NORTH ARE SIGNS OF RECENT ACTIVITIES.THE EARTH IS HARD,STAMPED FLAT BY MANY FEET." "PERCHED IN THE BUSHES ARE MANY BODIES OF DECOMPOSING WARRIORS.THEIR EYES SERVE AS FOOD FORTHE YOUNG VULTURES, WHILST THE OLDER BIRDS PULL AT THE FLESH." "FRESH BODIES,WITH FRESH WOUNDS, ARE LAID IN FESTIVE ARRAY FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF A NUMBEROF ANIMALS." "A SANCTUARY FOR THE MOURNERS. A CLEARING FREE OF BONES AND VERMIN. TO THE SOUTH IS DENSESHRUBBERY, SOMETHING GLEAMS BEHIND IT !" "THEN AT LAST, CRIPPLED WITH PAIN, CLANCY MADE HIS STAND. HE FELT INSIDE HIS RUCK-SACK WITHA TORN AND SHAKING HAND." "TIGHTLY GRASPING THE BOX OF PILLS,CLANCY DREW IN HIS BREATH.WAS THIS THE ONLY THING THATSTOOD 'TWEEN HIM AND DEATH ?" "WHAT SWEET RELIEF FOR CLANCY, HE ARCHED HIS BACK AND SIGHED, STUMBLED ON A ROCK - FELLDOWN A CLIFF AND DIED !" "HERE ON A PLAQUE IS WRITTEN A TRIBUTE TO WENTWORTH'S PILLS, THAT CAUSED THE REBEL CLANCYTO PERISH IN THESE HERE HILLS!" "DENSE UNDERGROWTH ALL BUT CONCEALS A WAY TO THE EAST." "A CLEARING IN THE UNDERGROWTH REVEALS A PASSAGE TO THE SOUTH DENSELY COVERED IN FLOWERINGSHRUBS." "THE MEMORIALS TO THE DEAD AND DEVOURED.A SINGLE BONE WITH A LABEL ON IT LIKE A FRESHLYPOTTED PLANT REPRESENTS THE LIFE OF A DEPARTED HAVAGO !" "THE COWARDS ARE DUMPED HERE.BONES LAY IN HEAPS,UNLABELLED,AND CRACK AND BLEACH IN THE HEATOF THE SUN." A DEPARTED HAVAGO !" "THE COWARDS ARE DUMPED HERE.BONES LAY IN HEAPS,UNLABELLED,AND CRACK AND BLEACH