Harry Tracy: The Violent Death of The Last Desperado | Finale

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Harry Tracy had escaped prison, survived gunfights, crossed Washington with posses behind him, and vanished into the Cascade Mountains. By August 1902, one of the most notorious outlaw manhunts in the history of the American West appeared to have lost its fugitive.Then Harry Tracy surfaced again.In Episode 8—the finale of the Harry Tracy Deep Dive—we follow the escaped Oregon State Penitentiary convict across the Cascades and into eastern Washington, where the final days of his extraordinary run began to unfold. His exact route through the mountains remains uncertain, but by late July Tracy had reached the country east of the Cascades and was once again moving among ranches, farms, and small communities while attempting to stay ahead of the law.Near Creston, Washington, Tracy arrived at the Eddy ranch, where an encounter with George Goldfinch finally placed authorities back on his trail. Goldfinch carried word of the fugitive’s whereabouts, Sheriff Jerry Gardner was alerted, and a small posse began closing in.On August 5, 1902, the hunt that had stretched hundreds of miles across the Pacific Northwest reached its final confrontation.Tracy fled from the ranch with his Winchester and