The Last Ghost Dance

Nevada, 1916: Murder, Robbery and Polio

Before Covid-19 was the 1918 Spanish Flu. Before that was the 1916 Polio epidemic. The city with the most infections was New York, but the state with the worst rate was Nevada. See how Joe Pulitzer's publishing antics brought crime and polio to the West.

The last US Mail wagon robbery happened outside the Jarbidge mining camp. The stolen mine payroll money was never found. Follow the crooks, the crimes, and death it spawned.

The Ghost Dance of the Sioux came from a vision experienced by a Paiute mystic. Discover how Indian religious rites sparked death in Nevada, just like they did in 1890 at Wounded Knee.

This is a book based on historically accurate research and family lore. It involves the Paiute people of Nevada and the Ghost Dance, a religious ritual they performed to try to stop the polio epidemic that was brought to Deeth, Nevada by New York reporters covering the Jarbidge Mail Robbery..