The Tascosa Gunfight of 1886 isn’t well-remembered today. It involved two factions—cowboys of the LS Ranch versus men in smaller cattle operations.
The two sides were in the Texas town on March 20 when an LS man was ambushed and killed. Then the fight became general, moving throughout Tascosa. The final tally beat that of the Tombstone Street Fight. Four men—three LS wranglers and

True West May/June 2025
In This Issue:
Features
- Historic Hotels of the American West
- A Journey Through Wyoming’s Outlaw History
- A Journey Through Washington’s Wild Frontier
- Blazing The Oregon Trail
- Journey Through Time
- Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
- Mountain Meadows Scapegoat John D. Lee VS. A Firing Squad
- Mormons in the Movies
- An Indigenous Consultant Ensures Accuracy
- The Battle Axe And A Raw Deal
- Showdown: Bridger VS. Brigham
- The Mountain Man and the Mormon Moses
- The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows
- The War Before the War
- Mountain Meadows