Hank Vaughan was a gunfighter in the Northwest. One shootout claimed the life of a lawman; Vaughan did hard time in the Oregon Territorial Prison...
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Highways to History
From the earliest days of conquistadors, explorers, fur trappers and pioneer settlers, the vast grandeur of the American West—and its equally...
Carl Hayden: A New Breed of Frontier Lawmen
When Carl Hayden retired from the U. S. Senate in 1969 he’d served in Congress fifty-seven years, longer than any person in the history of the...
Fish Tales
William F. Cody invested some profits from his Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show in the Sheridan Inn in Sheridan, Wyoming. When the traditional English...
Bill Kirkland
On the morning on March 10th, 1856, a long caravan of two-wheeled careta’s pulled by oxen began moving south down the dusty road towards Tubac. The...
What did Cowboys Carry Behind Their Saddles?
What did cowboys carry behind their saddles? Zane Green Braintree, Essex, England Depending on the weather, cowboys usually carried a slicker or a...
The Forgotten Vendetta Rider
His name was O.C. “Harelip Charlie” Smith, and he may be the least known member of Wyatt Earp’s Vendetta Ride. But the Connecticut native—nicknamed...
Arizona’s Battle of Bull Run
When war broke out with Mexico in 1846 the prize the United States hoped to gain was California. To accomplish the mission the Army of the West was...
Buckaroo Country
Back in the 1920s, renowned Western artist Charles M. Russell, who knew a thing or two about cowboys and how cowboying got started, noted, “Texas...
Theodore Roosevelt’s Embellishments
Did Theodore Roosevelt embellish or, heaven forbid, concoct some of his exploits while ranching in North Dakota’s badlands during the 1880s? Author,...
A Rose by Any Other Name
Just what did folks call Wyatt Earp’s third wife, Sarah Josephine Marcus Earp? The movies suggest that everyone referred to her as Josie. But...
Found: Trumpeter Martin’s Carbine?
"Benteen...Come on. Big Village, Be quick, Bring Packs. P.S. Bring Pack. W. W. Cook.” This eerie last message, written by Lt. William W. Cooke on...