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...

Emmett Dalton was in trouble, in a Coffeyville, KS doctor’s office with more than 20 wounds after his gang attempted to rob two banks on October 5,...

Pioneer Jack Swilling should be remembered for his many contributions to Arizona—but his legacy is clouded by a robbery charge.Born John W. Swilling...

Children soothed their thirst by scraping their fingernails on barrack windows to capture frost and warded off hunger by chewing on leather. After...

"Don’t move,” ordered the thug with the heavy revolver, as he shoved its muzzle into the surprised and helpless detective’s chest. “I’m on to  you,...

The American West was vast, lonely and wild. Railroads made it a little less so for travelers, but for the engineers and their crews, the building...

During an era of official segregation in the U.S. Army, chaplains ministered to both black and white Union regiments fighting in the Civil War....