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Lady Desperados
Stagecoach robber Pearl Hart is the most famous of the twenty-nine women who spent time at the Yuma Territorial Prison during the years, 1876-1909,...
Did “Buffalo Bill” Cody Ever Ride for the Pony Express?
For more than 30 years, our historical consultant, Paul Andrew Hutton, has been arguing with historians over whether or not “Buffalo Bill” Cody rode...
What History Has Taught Me: Ron Lesser
The poster I love the most, out of the more than 100 movie and television show posters I have created, is the one for 1973’s High Plains Drifter,...
A Deadly Feud Between Two Jims
Jim Harkey and Jim Barbey were both riders at the Cottonwood Mott Line Camp in west Texas in 1880. Nobody knew of any trouble between the two...
Poker Alice
The "Queen of the Western Gamblers" was Alice Ivers. She was both gambler and madam. She also had a religious side, closing her brothel on Sundays...
What Pistol did “Wild Bill” Hickok use to Kill Davis Tutt in 1865?
What pistol did “Wild Bill” Hickok use to kill Davis Tutt in 1865? Ron Bolza — Slatington, Pennsylvania. The Hickok-Tutt affair has been described...
Western Events for October 2017
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this October. ADVENTURE Gold Rush Bandits Autumn Train Robbery Elgin, OR, October 7...
Lost Sheep
Geographically, Arizona was an ideal place for sheep ranching. The flocks could be wintered in the balmy deserts then driven up sheep trails to...
Death-Defying Riders of the Pony Express
When America’s first Pony Express rider set off on April 3, 1860, from St. Joseph, Missouri, launching a coast-to-coast transfer of news and...
Lords of the West
Birthed in Canada, the Hudson’s Bay Company was founded on May 2, 1670, when King Charles granted a charter to his cousin, Prince Rupert,...
“¡No Tire en la Casa!”
May 10, 1871 Tracking a party of rough hombres, Alameda County Sheriff Harry Morse and San Jose Deputy Theodore “Sam” Winchell approach a ranch...