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Maurice Kildare and the 1883 Bisbee Massacre

by | Dec 7, 2018

Several years ago, I read an article written by Maurice Kildare about the Bisbee Massacre in which he stated that the men hanged for it were not the...

Did the Apache Call Their Great Leader Geronimo or His Original Name, Goyahkla?

by | Dec 6, 2018

Did the Apache call their great leader Geronimo or his original name, Goyahkla? Al Maurine Tucson, Arizona Geronimo, a prominent leader and shaman,...

Who Assassinated Pat Garrett?

by | Dec 6, 2018

Pat Garrett’s assassination remains a convoluted point of controversy that reads like an Agatha Christie mystery. Was it a contract murder? An...

Lost and Found in American History

by Jana Bommersbach | Dec 5, 2018

For 184 years, it was lost. Then they found a metal military button—eventually, they’d find 39. Then glass trading beads—the first of 434. Then an...

Friends unto Death

by Mark Boardman | Dec 5, 2018

William Collins was an associate of Sam Bass, and a member of the Joel Collins (his brother) Gang (photo) that held up a Nebraska train of $60,000...

Was the Notorious Bad Guy Davy Crockett the Grandson of Davy Crockett?

by | Dec 5, 2018

Yep, he sure was Davy's grandson but if grandpa had been around he would have tanned his britches. David Crockett, named after his grandfather, was...

The Death of the Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Jesse James

by Mark Boardman | Dec 4, 2018

Ed O’Kelley has his claim to fame. On June 8, 1892, he walked into a tent saloon in Creede, Colorado, and emptied two shotgun barrels into the neck...

A Gunfight between Lawmen

by Mark Boardman | Dec 4, 2018

Bud Ballew (left in photo) was an Oklahoma lawman and gunfighter with numerous notches in his gun. He was known as a tough customer—something...

Best of the West 2019: Art and Collectibles

by Stuart Rosebrook | Dec 3, 2018

On January 25-26, 2019, in Mesa, Arizona, Brian Lebel’s Old West Auctions will oversee the auction of the Robert G. McCubbin Collection of Historic...