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Dark Voyage of the Mittie Stephens: A Western Story
Dark Voyage of the Mittie Stephens A Western Story Author:Johnny D. Boggs A Spur Award-winning Author The side-wheel steamboat Mittie Stephens was lost on a dark night in February 1869 on Caddo Lake near the Texas-Louisiana border. Of the 107 people on board, sixty-one perished. Unbeknownst to almost all of them, the Mittie Stephens had been selected by the army to secretly transport a payroll in gold. In pu... more »rsuit of its cargo, a group of ex-Confederates worked out an elaborate strategy to seize the boat.« less