In A Crooked River: Rustlers, Rangers, and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1861–1877, Michael L. Collins tells the story of the turmoil and...
A Violent Borderland
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The Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Billy the Kid
On February 29, 1908, Jesse Wayne Brazel walked into the Doña Ana County sheriff’s office and announced, “Lock me up. . . . I’ve just killed Pat...
The Night of Blood
The night of December 12, 1868, about 50 men hijacked a train from Seymour to New Albany, IN. Once there, they took over the county jail (wounding...
Who Stopped the Near-Showdown Between Gunfighters “Doc” Holliday and John Ringo?
Who stopped the near-showdown between gunfighters “Doc” Holliday and John Ringo? Paul Gortarez Phoenix, Arizona Jim Flynn stopped the near-showdown....
Hell on Wheels Meals
Wyoming Territory became home to makeshift towns as the Union Pacific Railroad laid tracks to meet the Central Pacific Railroad from 1867-1869. When...
The Origins of the Babylon of the West
In 1829, New Mexico Antonio Armijo, a merchant-explorer, leading a trading expedition, blazed the “Old Spanish Trail” through what would become Las...
“Ain’t Suited for the Government”
Commodore Perry Owens is best known for killing three men in a Holbrook, AZ gunfight in 1887. He reportedly had a number of additional notches on...
Lieutenant John Anthony Rucker
On December 2nd, 1876 a group of Bedonkohe Apache, probably led by Geronimo stole some horses near Camp Crittenden on Sonita Creek in southern...
Doroteo Arango
Doroteo Arango was born in the settlement of Rio Grande, in the Mexican state of Durango on June 5th, 1878. It is said that on the night of his...
Trailing the Wild Bunch
Two of the best-known bank and train robbers of the 19th century spent time in jail and prison—for horse theft—and not a day behind bars for...
How did Slim-Hipped Westerners keep their Gunbelts in Place?
How did slim-hipped Westerners keep their gunbelts in place? Robert Vaillancourt Mason, New Hampshire A gunslinger had some options: a shoulder...
Shoot-Out in El Paso
April 14, 1881 Out in the West Texas town of El Paso, ex-Marshal George Campbell is flat-out looking for trouble. “Any American that is a friend of...