Off-road to Willie Boy Memorial Site, Landers, California

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The Wests Last Famous Manhunt. Paiute Native American outlaw Willie Boy, who escapes with his lover, Lola, after killing her father in self defense. According to tribal custom Willie can then claim Lola as his wife. According to the law, Deputy Sheriff Cooper is required to charge him with murder. Willie Boy and Lola are hunted for several days by a posse led by Cooper. He later killed his unwilling fiance when she became a hindrance to his efforts to elude a posse. Eventually he also shot members of said posse, and in the end took his own life by shooting himself in the head by actuating the trigger of his Winchester with his toe as the posse finally closed in. A movie was made about it: Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here 1969 - Robert Redford. Most 4WD trusks can get close to the site but the last 1/4 mile is very rough. A cache container is located under the flat topped rock located nearby at: N34 17.501 W116 32.254.

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