Chalkley McArtor “Chalk” Beeson, the last of seven kids from Quaker parents Samuel and Martha, was born in Salem, Ohio, on April 24, 1848. The...

An outlaw trail ranged all the way from Canada to Mexico and Butch Cassidy knew the way like the back of his hand. He wasn’t wanted in a number of...

Today the Statue of Liberty stands as a cherished American symbol and a beloved lady. But it wasn't always like that. Here was much controversy...

I’ve traveled Interstate 8 between Phoenix and San Diego dozens of times and every time I reach the crest of the mountains just west of Ocotillo,...

Who were the men said to “ride like a Mexican, track like a Comanche, shoot like a Kentuckian, and fight like the devil?” A Texas Ranger, of course....

The folk bandit was perceived as one battling against the moneyed interests and they were popular among the common folks. It was said they robbed...

On November 29, 1864, Colorado militia killed dozens of Cheyenne and Arapaho—many women, children and elderly--in what’s known as the Sand Creek...

February 25, 1881 Charley Storms has been playing faro since last night...and losing. As an Arizona morning dawns, a broke and drunk Storms takes...

Although Thomas Jefferson was the driving force behind the Lewis and Clark Expedition, it wasn’t the first time he had proposed a “Voyage of...

Galen Clark was widowed, broke, depressed and suffering from TB when he moved to the mountains of California in 1853. Doctors gave him six months to...

Oklahoma and the Indian Territory provided some of the West’s wildest history including one of its deadliest gunfights. The battle occurred on...

Cowboys had “war bags,” too It was the sack where he kept all his personal possessions, as meager as they usually were. It contained extra...