She wasn’t a desperado, but Pearl Hart was desperate when she ambushed her way into the history books in 1899—the only known female stagecoach...
Stagecoach Senorita
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Who is Rose of Cimarron?
Rose of Cimarron, mystery woman. Rose of Cimarron was first introduced to readers in 1915 in a little red paper-covered book titled Oklahoma...
Deadwood’s Resident Boy Scout
Timothy Olyphant’s portrayal of Seth Bullock in HBO’s Deadwood could be described as resolute, a term that aptly fit the real Seth Bullock. Bullock...
They Broke the Mold
Ask anyone who knows anything about those times and they’ll tell you that Texas will never see another criminal like him. Charles Sanderson Brogdon,...
Shoulder Holsters
While we often think of the shoulder holster as a product of the gangster era of the 1920-30s, the rig was actually a creation of the gun toters of...
New Mexico’s Journey of the Dead
The Spanish called it Jornada del Muerto, “Journey of the Dead,” and traveling through Southern New Mexico’s desert, you might think it’s aptly...
Ridin’ the Rails
There was a time in the Old West when the arrival of the railroad was as exciting as it got—the coming of the train was much anticipated and...
Bad to the Bone
Deadwood’s real Ellis Alfred “Al” Swearengen was every bit as evil and ill-tempered as HBO Deadwood’s reel Al Swearengen, who is played by Ian...
On Her Own
If your image of a senorita in the Old West is beautiful brown eyes shyly hidden behind a lace fan, then you’ve never heard of Juana Briones—a...
“Giddy Up” Gals Getaway
As 70 head of horses hoofed their way to the corral for morning rides, a Mercedes Benz horn honked, loud and impatient. But horses stop for no man....
“I Hold for No One!” Road Agents Attempt to Rob Kinnear’s Stage Near Contention
March 15, 1881 Two California boys are riding the box on this chilly night along the San Pedro River bottom. Eli “Bud” Philpot, a top-rated stage...
No Bull(s)
Big hats ... big boots ... big mustaches ... big silver engraved lids for Copenhagen and Skoal cans ... big spit cups ... And not one big, bad...