Jack;
I'm sorry that your thread got hijacked. My remark regarding comedians was fuel to the fire rather than an extinguisher. So much that even I got sucked in.
To make it up to you I offer the following research:
There is no mention of "Slanting Annie" in the Mater Index of the Time-Life Old West series.
However there are the following sections regarding Creede, Colorado:
page 185 of The Gamblers.
pages 14-15 and pages 34-38 of The Townsmen.
and
pages 78-79 of The Women.
Books
(the Researcher, whose evil twin is Books the Comedian)