On May 3, 1855, three mercenaries known as the Immortals, and
identified as Edward Chinn, Mark Taylor, and Edgar Vanover, boarded a
ship in San Francisco and sailed under the command of William Walker
to Nicaragua. The hired guns gave battle to the Nicaraguan
nationalistic troops at Rivas and for a short time opened the South
American country to slavery. The victory at Rivas was ill conceived,
poorly led, and the Immortals were lucky to escape Nicaragua with
their lives. Rumors abounded in California that they swam back to the
States. Other rumors circulated that they rode stolen horses from
California to their destination of GOLDEN City, Colorado Territory.
Dennis Potter, retired Captain of the Jefferson County Colorado
Sheriff’s Department, criminal justice professor, and previous
presenter of the popular “Operation Hideout: The Investigation into
the Kidnapping and Murder of Adolph Coors III” returns for this
exciting program.
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