Western Events for October 2018 Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this October.
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this October. Pictured above: Prescott’s Folk Music Fest…
Jack Swilling: Arizona’s Forrest Gump Jack Swilling might well be called Arizona’s “Forrest Gump” because seems to have had a penchant for being involved in a number of historic events in Arizona’s early history.
Jack Swilling might well be called Arizona’s “Forrest Gump” because seems to have had a penchant for being involved in a…
Mystery Sharpshooter Review of Kari Bovee's book Girl With A Gun: An Annie Oakley Mystery.
What’s better than a good, old-fashioned murder mystery? An illustrious cowgirl helping to solve a good old-fashioned murder mystery. That’s the premi…
Ike Bites the Dust Ike Clanton vs “Rawhide Jake” Brighton.
June 1, 1887 Apache County Stock Association detective J.V. Brighton, formerly known as “Rawhide Jack” during his rustli…
Jeff Kidder Kidder often worked along the Mexican border, accompanied only by his beloved dog, Jip, stalking cattle rustlers and smugglers.
The dawning of the 20th century brought little improvement to the notorious reputation Arizona had earned during the tumultuous years of outlawry and …
Low Slung Guns: A Hollywood Invention? As with the case of the buscadero rig, Hollywood sometimes captured the outfit more accurately than we thought.
A popular misconception among some Old West re-enactors and wardrobe experts is that everyone wore their gunbelts high o…
A Badman Gone Good Regulator Fred Waite turned his life around.
Fred Waite is notorious to history as a member of the Regulators, the group featuring Billy the Kid involved in the Linc…
Was Butch Cassidy a Master Train Robber? Turns out Butch may not have been the notorious train robber of lore.
Butch Cassidy’s folk hero image actually exceeded his outlawry. In 1898, a Chicago newspaper referred to him as the “Ki…
Low Slung Guns: A Hollywood Invention? As with the case of the buscadero rig, Hollywood sometimes captured the outfit more accurately than we thought.
Comstock Inferno Would the world’s richest mine survive the Comstock Fire?
Arizona’s Legendary Hot Springs Storied pools of history enjoyed by early-day Arizonans promise respite for pleasure-seekers once again.
In Arizona, few places possess a local mystique as strong as that of Castle Hot Springs. Located in the southern foothills of the Bradshaw Mountains, …
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