These days in Arizona, if you say Sharlot Hall, most think of the fine museum of that name in Prescott. However, Sharlot Hall was a real woman with...
Never Was a “Cattle Kate”
Perhaps the most shocking thing about the only woman ever lynched in the nation as a cattle rustler is that everything about this western legend is...
The Murder of Andrew Trew Blachly
Banker Andrew Trew Blachly was murdered during a holdup in Delta, CO in 1893. Such deaths often destroyed families—but not his. His widow Dellie...
Endless Rides
When Warren A. Ferris set off in the employ of the American Fur Company to explore the Rocky Mountains in 1830, he was accompanied by “some thirty...
Rock Throwing Captain Harry Wheeler
Arizona Ranger Lieutenant Harry Wheeler took part in one on the West’s most unusual gunfights when a shootout turned into a contest of mano a mano....
McLaurys Get the Short End of the Stick
Tom and Frank McLaury are part of one of the biggest Old West stories—the so-called Gunfight at the OK Corral. Big is a term that doesn’t exactly...
Orders of the Arizona Rangers
For decades, folks thought there were six general orders of the Arizona Rangers. They covered stuff like don’t hang out in bars or brothels, enforce...
Dark Starr
One hundred years ago this month, Henry Starr set out to make history. The career outlaw wanted to rob two banks at once, succeeding where the...
Black Bart
Charles E. Boles aka Black Bart was a nattily-dressed gentleman who lived quietly in San Francisco between his stagecoach holdups. He was unique...
Cole Younger. Confederate Guerrilla. Outlaw. Christian.
He was 69 when he attended a tent revival near his home at Lee’s Summit, MO on August 21, 1913. The pastor was an old family friend, and when the...
A Woman Branded Wyoming Territory
In cattlecrazy W.T., where brands were sacrosanct, it all started with a woman! The first registered cattle brand in Wyoming Territory was owned by...
Sam Sixkiller
One of the greatest peace officers in the wild and wooly history of the Oklahoma Territory was a Cherokee named Sam Sixkiller. In 1875 he became...