I’m a fan of AMC’s Hell on Wheels. Is the route constructed from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Sacramento, California, still in use today? Mark Wilson...
Blazer Puts the Bite on Madam Sadie
Those lawyers on the frontier could be pretty resourceful when it came to Hoodoo and stopped off to pay a visit to a local sporting house where he...
Tombstone’s Madams and Working Girls
Tombstonians bragged with civic pride their prostitutes were superior in charity, decorum, honesty and manners than those in towns like Bisbee,...
Arizona’s Lady Admiral
By the time Nellie Trent Bush won national attention as “Admiral of Arizona's Navy,” Arizona well knew it had one helluva woman in its midst. But...
Billy the Kid’s Last Victim
Bob Olinger was Billy the Kid’s last victim, but he was also deadly himself. In 1876, Olinger and a pal were gambling in a New Mexico saloon. The...
Was Wyatt Earp a Pimp?
In 1872 Wyatt Earp and his brother Morgan were arrested in Peoria, Illinois, for being aboard a floating bagnio (a brothel). Wyatt was arrested more...
When did the practice of branding livestock begin in the U.S.?
When did the practice of branding livestock begin in the U.S.? Jim Martin Waco, Texas Branding of livestock dates to the Egyptians to around 2,700...
The Mystery of Jim French
Jim French is one of the most mysterious members of Billy the Kid’s Regulator gang. Where he came from and what happened to him? Nobody knows. ...
Robb Kendrick
I have traveled 68,000 miles over 30 years searching for cowboys. I enjoy the tintype medium because tintypes slow you down to consider the image...
Old-Time Remedies
Staying healthy was a must in the old west, as there weren't many doctors around and besides, being sick got in the way of chores. So booklet after...
Esteban: A Pass too far?
An African slave, Esteban de Dorantes, or Estevanico, helped spread the idea of Seven Cities of Gold in Spain. Consequently, he was sent on an...
What happened to Mart “Old Man” Blevins of the Pleasant Valley War?
What happened to Mart “Old Man” Blevins of the Pleasant Valley War? Gail Marcroft Concho, Arizona I wrote about the fate of Mart “Old Man” Blevins...