The Hunger (G.P. Putnam & Sons, $27) by Alma Katsu takes the tragic tale of the Donner Party and infuses it with hints of witchcraft, vampirism,...
A Horror Story Within a Horror Story
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Cold-Blooded Conman
Perhaps the most cold-blooded conman early Arizona ever knew, Louis Eytinge suffered from tuberculosis and had two months to live. He should’ve died...
No Luck for Comstock
Henry Comstock gave his name to the biggest silver strike in US history, the Comstock Lode of Nevada. In one sense he was lucky. Two brothers...
Fact Vs. Fiction: The Truth about the Calamitous Martha Jane Canary
Recently I was scrolling through my photo files and ran across a photo of Miss Doris Day from her 1953 musical hit, Calamity Jane and thus inspired,...
The Doctor is in…and Out
Josiah “Doc” Scurlock was a major player in the Lincoln County War. And he was in the region even before, going to work for cattleman John Chisum...
Did Old West Shooters have Problems with Overheated Gun Barrels?
Did Old West shooters have problems with overheated gun barrels? James White Goliad, Texas “If you are having to resort to combat with your pistol,...
A Silver Strike by an Other Name
The largest silver strike in US history could have been the Grosh Lode. In 1857, the Grosh brothers discovered silver in the Virginia Range of...
The Shadow Catcher Endures
Everyone loves the Edward Curtis Indians,” Sioux scholar Vine Deloria Jr. famously declared in the introduction for Christopher M. Lyman’s The...
What were Old West Hotels like?
What were Old West hotels like? Jim Jennings Amarillo, Texas Frontier hotels varied from flea- and bedbug-infested lodgings to extravagant abodes....
New TV Series: Yellowstone
“Ranching is the only business where the goal is to break even—survive another season.” So says Kevin Costner’s character, John Dutton (shown...
Gunfight at Cherry Creek
On September 2nd, 1887, Jim Roberts, along with several members of the Tewksbury family, were at the Lower Tewksbury Ranch on Cherry Creek (both the...
A Cold Ride into Hell
February 10, 1918 In the bitter cold, a four-man posse riding in from Klondyke, Arizona, surrounds a lone cabin in Kielberg Canyon. The posse—a...