The True Story of the ‘Whiskey Pete Person’: Fact vs. Legend
The person known as ‘Whiskey Pete’ isn’t quite the solitary desert bootlegger of popular lore; he’s more accurately a colorful legend based on a real man named Pete MacIntyre, whose life story was significantly enhanced for a casino’s branding. While MacIntyre was indeed a prospector and a moonshiner in the Nevada desert, the larger-than-life character […]