One of my favorite photographs of rock ’n’ roll frontman Tom Petty was taken on March 10, 1977, by Michael Putland. The singer, clad in a striped...
An Enduring Everyman Hero
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Sandy Huntington
George Ruffner was Yavapai County’s perennial sheriff. He was a top notch peace officer and an expert tracker; it was said he could track “bees in a...
The Fatal Bullet
There are a lot of Old West items floating around in the world of collectors—including the bullet that killed gunfighter John Wesley Hardin. Bill...
DVD Review: The Law And Jake Wade
Outlaw-turned-marshal Jake Wade (Robert Taylor) figures he’s squared his debt to former accomplice Clint (Richard Widmark) by busting him out of...
A Bad Reputation
Martin Mrose is usually painted as an Old West rustler and thief who got what was coming to him in June of 1895. Several lawmen filled him full of...
Jerome, Arizona
Jerome, perched precariously on the slopes of cone-shaped Cleopatra Hill is a popular tourist attraction today. Despite some occasional bickering...
A Fool’s Errand
The Western, be it a novel or a film, always carries with it the burden of history. For much of our nation’s existence, the West was the story of...
An Empirical Tejano
Despite his negative reputation as an inhumane military leader of Texas and Mexico’s northern provinces, the infamous Don Joaquin Arredondo...
Doc Does Dallas
New Year’s 1875 found Doc Holliday celebrating at the St. Charles Saloon in Dallas, once his home base but he had moved to Denison. The revelries...
The Mysterious Death of John Ringo
July 2, 1882 John Ringo has decided to move to Tombstone, Arizona Territory (he has been living in San Simon and Galeyville). He arrives in town and...
Blessed Booze
A Presbyterian pastor and a Mormon walked into a saloon. The first railed against the distribution of liquor and all the evils that came from...
Harry Wheeler
During the Spanish-American War, Harry Wheeler was a member of Teddy Roosevelt’s Roughriders but not with the Arizona Squadron. He enlisted with the...