The Deadly Escape Billy the Kid vs. Olinger & Bell
Godfrey Gauss and Sam Wortley live behind the Lincoln Courthouse. Gauss lights his pipe and leaves his room, crossing th…
A Violent 18 Months Brack Cornett wreaked havoc across Texas in the late 1880s.
Texas outlaw Brack Cornett had a short but violent run on the outlaw trail. Starting in May 1887, Cornett and gang leade…
Crimes on Emigrant Wagon Trains Getting to your destination safely wasn't a guarantee.
Emigrants heading west in covered wagons usually had a wagon master who knew the trails and had experience getting through the trials and travails of …
Rascals of Tombstone: Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne Two outlaws' Arizona misadventures.
After running away from the gunfight in the vacant lot near the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Ike Clanton made a desperate a…
Billy the Tintype The facts behind the only existing image of the American outlaw weave a story of intrigue and mystery.
“He is, in all, quite a handsome looking fellow.” That was the opinion of a newspaperman fortunate enough to obtain an interview with the notorious ou…
Tumbleweed Wagons Old West jails on wheels.
They called them “tumbleweed wagons” because like their namesake, the Russian thistle, they seemed to wander aimlessly a…
What are “long-tailed heroes”? In the book Roughing It, Mark Twain refers to gunfighters as “long-tailed heroes.” What does that mean?
In the book Roughing It, Mark Twain refers to gunfighters as “long-tailed heroes.” What does that mean? Paul Gortarez Ph…
Did Billy the Kid Serve as an Interpreter for Irish Immigrants?
Did Billy the Kid serve as an interpreter for Irish immigrants? Marcil d’Hirson Garron Newhall, California Being of Iris…
Billy the Tintype The facts behind the only existing image of the American outlaw weave a story of intrigue and mystery.
The Most Dangerous Street in America In the 1870s, Lincoln, New Mexico Territory, was the murder capital of America.
Edgar Rice Burroughs Hunted the Apache Kid Two years soldiering in the Arizona Territory at Fort Grant provided decades of creative inspiration for Tarzan’s creator.
Dateline: Fort Grant, Arizona Territory, Saturday, May 23, 1896. Edgar Rice Burroughs, age 20, arrived here today to begin a harrowing ten-month tour …
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