Hangings, lynchings and jail breaks are long forgotten in Pacific
County, where tourists flock to quaint attractions every season. But
back in the early days, when the first jailhouse was built, this was a
rough, rustic setting. Popular cannery worker Lum You was hanged here in
1902--the only legal execution in county history. Industrious smugglers
and creative entrepreneurs outwitted state-sanctioned prohibition
measures, though some still did time in the jailhouse. Historian Sydney
Stevens presents a collection of tales culled from a forgotten prison
record book. Opium fiends, thieves, military deserters and even wayward
girls jailed for incorrigible acts are brought out of the shadows of a
wilderness long gone.