~~~~ A FAMOUS, TRUE TALE ~~~~~
A GENTLEMAN FROM SPAIN CAME TO AMERICA CLAIMING OWNERSHIP
OF ALL LANDS FROM EL PASO TEXAS TO LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
A DIRECT RELATIVE TO THE KING OF SPAIN AND ALL THE LAND WAS GIVEN
TO HIM IN A SPANISH LAND GRANT AND THAT HE WAS HERE TO MAKE CLAIM it
IN COURT - BUT WAS EXPOSED ! INTRIGUE, SUSPENSE AND A GREAT HISTORY
THE WESTERN UNITED STATES !!!
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----- "THE BARON OF THE COLORADOS" ----
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A WONDERFUL , HISTORICAL BOOK WITH A CHRONOLOGY OF ADVENTURE AND HISTORY
ALL BUNDLED IN TO A PATTERN OF FAKERY AND DECEIT !
THE COURT WAS IN HIS FAVOR UNTIL RESEARCH PROVED FRAUD !
a great read for anyone interested in southwestern history-----
written in 1940---178 pages of the impact of this man's claim
to ownership of vast lands in the southwest.............. .When William Atherton DuPuy was born on 6 January 1876, in Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States, his father, Hugh McBride DuPuy, was 24 and his mother, Victoria A Miller, was 21. He married Ada Lee Orme on 27 June 1906, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Anderson, Texas, United States in 1880 and Washington D.C., United States for about 16 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 10 August 1941, at the age of 65, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States.
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