The inside story of the last great American posse will be told at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum tomorrow. Managing Editor Tami Roleff invites you to hear all about Willie Boy tomorrow evening…
The Morongo Basin’s most notorious Native American, Willie Boy, will be the subject of the Historical Society’s Second Wednesday Lecture. Historian Paul Smith, who also owns the 29 Palms Inn, will present a new interpretation of the Willie Boy story. Willie Boy, a Chemehuevi Indian, was the subject of the West’s last manhunt in 1909, when it’s said he killed his girlfriend’s father and then ran off with her, staying just ahead of a posse sent out to hunt them down. The lecture will start at 5:30 February 12 at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum in Yucca Valley. A $5 donation is suggested.
