The women who played the frontier theaters---singers, dancers and actresses—had a head start on the road to success simply because they were women;...
Marie Delores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert aka Lola Montez
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Red Hot for the Crowd
In 1879, when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe chugged into Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory, the railroad brought in a wide variety of food that...
Buffalo Bill Busted
William “Buffalo Bill” Cody was a lucky man. From a hardscrabble youth that began in a log cabin in Iowa Territory, he grew up to survive the Civil...
What Rifles Did the U.S. Cavalry Carry During the Frontier Era?
What rifles did the U.S. Cavalry carry during the frontier era? Paul Gordon - St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Following the Civil War, the U.S. Army...
Trooper’s Tales on the Southwest Front
Typically, biographies related to the Army in Trans-Mississippi West feature officers. Soldiers in the Southwest Borderlands 1848-1886 (University...
Hunka, Hunka Burnin’ Iron
Two days before The Guardian published its exposé, “Can’t Help Falling in Price,” about how the deaths of Baby Boomers has sent Elvis Presley...
Carlos Tafolla and Bill Smith
In 1901 a gang of outlaw operating in the wild, untamed country along the Arizona-New Mexico border was led by a former cowboy named Bill Smith....
The Outlaw King of Galeyville
Galeyville, on the eastern slopes of the Chiricahua Mountains wasn't much different from other tent camp mining towns in Cochise County. The...
Val Kilmer at Doc Holli-Days
The first “Doc Holli-Days” celebration, taking place in Tombstone, Arizona, this August 12-13, is already attracting at least one big name: Val...
Those Fighting Editors of Territorial Arizona
Wherever folks wandered in the rugged wilds of the West during the second half of the 19th century there remained a desire to keep up with the...
The Last Man Standing
At the end of the day—or at least when the shooting stopped—Ed Tewksbury was the man who survived Arizona Territory’s infamous Pleasant Valley War. ...
Outlaw Jeff Ake
Jeff Ake was a Texas hard-case. Jeff first ran into trouble in Georgetown in 1868 for disturbing the peace, and later assault and cattle theft. In...