Tombstonians bragged with civic pride their prostitutes were superior in charity, decorum, honesty and manners than those in towns like Bisbee,...

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...

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...

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.? Jim Martin Waco, Texas Branding of livestock dates to the Egyptians to around 2,700...

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. ...

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...

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...

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? Gail Marcroft Concho, Arizona I wrote about the fate of Mart “Old Man” Blevins...

In the Wild West, cattle were a staple—cattle drives, cattle towns, cattle herds, cattle ranches. Cattle were king through the 1870s up until the...

Walter Noble Burns was a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, traveling the world to cover news stories. And then he discovered the Old West. It...