True West Magazine - Logo

Gunfight at Rock Springs

by | Jun 8, 2018 | True West Blog

September, 1887 had been deadly a month in the Pleasant Valley War. On the morning of the second Graham partisans including Tom and John Graham, Andy Cooper Blevins, Charlie Blevins, John Blevins. Mote Roberts, Joe Ellenwood had ambushed and killed John Tewksbury and Bill Jacobs, then brutally mutilated their bodies at the J.D. Tewksbury ranch. Two days later in Holbrook, Apache County Sheriff Commodor


Already Signed Up? Log in here.

Read this article now for Free!

Ready for a third free article? Create a free account by entering your email address and a password below.

— OR —

Sign Up Now for $29.95 a year and have immediate access to all of True West content, including the complete True West Archives dating back to 1953!

SIGN UP NOW or SIGN IN

This digital subscription is in no way connected to your Print Subscription. They are totally separate and cannot be connected. If you have a Print Subscription with True West, you will need to pay for a separate subscription to access this website and will receive a totally different Log In password. If you have an existing digital component to your Print subscription, you'll need to Sign In and request a new password.