A True West reader recently asked, did the Butterfield Overland and Mail in Arizona ever come under attack? And where in the Arizona were the...
Attacks on the Butterfield Stage
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Did Old West Cowboys Really Wear Bib Shirts?
Did Old West cowboys really wear bib shirts? Barbara Young Little Rock, Arkansas Bib shirts were popular military wear and worn by militias and...
Old Jails
We always see on Hollywood westerns, the jails in towns like Tombstone, Dodge City are portrayed with large windows with bars to prevent escape. But...
The Tragedy of Texas Jack
Texas Jack could have been the person about whom the phrase “tall, dark and handsome” was coined. And Giuseppina Morlacchi was a heartbreaker. She...
Setting up Shop
Ed Schieffelin must have been a brave man. In 1877, he set up shop at the Brunckow Cabin, a few miles southwest of the town he would help found and...
Baz Outlaw
Baz Outlaw was the kind of guy you didn’t want be anywhere near when he was drinking. Baz came from a good family, was educated and had fine...
What Did Cowboys Do After Reaching the End of a Cattle Drive?
What did cowboys do after reaching the end of a cattle drive? Wes Shinn Saratoga Springs, New York When the cowboys hit a trail’s end town like...
The Deadly Cabin
Frederick Brunckow met his end while trying to develop mining in southeast Arizona. The German native claimed a mine near modern-day Tombstone in...
The Lost Dutchman: Where the Legend Began
Sometime around 1870 Waltz filed on a homestead in south Phoenix near the Salt River. Later in life he fell upon hard times and was being looked...
Rails West … And East!
“It is done!” These three words shot out across the Western telegraph to the world on May 10, 1869, at the moment Central Pacific Railroad owner...
Crime Pays?
Marion Turner was a Lincoln County (NM) deputy and a gunman for the Murphy-Dolan faction. When the Battle of Lincoln broke out in July 1878, Turner...
The Big Fight
It takes something for an Old West shootout to be called “The Big Fight.” That’s the handle they stuck on a free-for-all in Tascosa, Texas, in the...