Articles Archive

Pearl Hart, Highwaywoman

by Bob Boze Bell | Jul 7, 2016

In 1898, Pearl Hart was either a cook or a soiled dove (depending on who you believe) in Mammoth Arizona. When the mine closed (or, she got word her...

Breech-loading Rifles

by | Jul 7, 2016

Among the first breech-loading rifles was one invented by Major Patrick Ferguson, an officer in Washington's Revolutionary Army. It was one of the...

Tombstone’s True Hero

by John Langellier | Jul 6, 2016

In the spring of 1896, during the manhunt for the Apache Kid, Arizona’s most wanted, Tombstone surveyor H.G. Howe recommended to Sen. William M....

John King Fisher

by | Jul 6, 2016

John King Fisher is not as famous as some of his contemporaries but all agree he was a good man with a gun. He was arrested for stealing a horse at...

What is the origin of bib shirts?

by | Jul 6, 2016

Allen Fossenkemper Fountain Hills, Arizona Although bib shirts were not common apparel out West, they captured the flavor and romance of the...

“Uncle Jim” Roberts Had Sand

by Bob Boze Bell | Jul 6, 2016

Arizona lawman “Uncle Jim” Roberts upheld the law around Jerome well into the 20th century. State historian Marshall Trimble shares one 1890s...

Crusade for a Chief

by Jana Bommersbach | Jul 5, 2016

He resembled George Washington and helped save Gen. George Crook’s men at the Battle of the Rosebud during the Great Sioux War of 1876—this Shoshone...

Lyne “Tol” Barret

by Mark Boardman | Jul 5, 2016

Lyne “Tol” Barret had a novel idea for getting rich. In late 1865, he and some friends formed the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company, the first such...

Gun Smoke and Black Powder

by | Jul 5, 2016

Reading the pulp westerns one would conclude that the Colt revolver was the only pistol used in the Old West. Remington built a fine six-shooter and...