Robert Ford received threats after killing Jesse James in 1881. People didn’t like that he’d shot the outlaw in the back of the head—or tried to...
The Knife Didn’t Cut
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Death for a Killer
Ed O’Kelley is best known for killing Jesse James’ assassin Robert Ford in 1892. After O’Kelley did 10 years in the Colorado pen for the murder, he...
The Aftermath of the Pleasant Valley War
The “war proper,” as they called it, was over; however, assassinations and lynching’s would continue for quite some time. It’s been said fifty-four...
Lost Photo of Crook’s Scout Discovered?
John Campbell Burge is one of my favorite Territorial Arizona photographers. Though his work is less common than other early Arizona photographers,...
Manhunters
Robert DeArment’s near 40-year writing career is amazing, and he’s still cranking out new books at the age of 92—and books of quality and substance,...
An Artist’s Artist
Mandan warrior Four Bears has been praised for his artistic genius, which may explain why artists of the Old West have felt compelled to portray...
Gunfight at Rock Springs
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,...
Award-winning Author Reflects on Saloon History
Melody Groves writes about where she lives and what she loves—the West. She is the author of Hoist A Cold One: Historic Bars of the Southwest and,...
Shootout at the Middleton Ranch
Mart “Old Man” Blevins and his family arrived in the Pleasant Valley area from Texas around 1886. He and his sons, John, Charlie, Hamp and Sam...
The Real Ned Christie
A victim of the fake news of his time, “outlaw” Ned Christie now has a biographer who separates the known facts of his life from the embellishments...
Miss Yakama Nation’s Yakama War
Emily Washines believes Yakama War history offers more than “us vs. them.” This former Miss Yakama Nation knows the American Indian perspective of...
A Good Time to get Sick
To many, Granville Stuart is the Father of Montana, a giant of a man who shaped the territory and state over half a century. But he almost didn’t...