“Clubfoot” George Lane got the nickname because of a bone deformity. In the early 1860s, he allegedly rustled horses in California and Idaho before...
Lane by a Foot
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Battle for the Promised Land
Missourians weren’t exactly welcoming to an influx of Mormons.
Brutal Payback
Jack Slade ran the Central Overland stage stop at Julesburg, Colorado. His predecessor, Jules Beni (the town was named for him), didn’t like the...
The End of The Line
Two “Americanos” vs a Uyuni Posse.
Wyatt’s Smith & Wesson?
A Smith & Wesson revolver is exhibited at the Red Dog Saloon in Juneau, Alaska. Purportedly, it belonged to Wyatt Earp, who came through town in...
The Robbery at Castle Gate
While many gang leaders boasted they were mean enough to eat off the same plate with a rattlesnake, Butch Cassidy is best-remembered as the...
Ask the Marshall
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Vigilante Committees
In San Francisco in the 1850's, there was a vigilante group that called itself the 601. Just in case you’ve wondered where that name came from...
Butch & Sundance & Pike & Dutch
How two films from the summer of ’69 changed westerns forever.
Boot Hill in Helldorado
A few years ago I was in Tombstone working with a film crew from the United Kingdom. Naturally, one of the sites they wanted to include was the...
True Western Towns: Glasgow, Montana
This town in the wild lonesome of northeast Montana, 60 miles from the Canadian border, earned the attention of the world when the Great Northern...
As Tough as They Come
Lawman Jeff Milton was tough. He was severely wounded in the left arm during an attempted train robbery near Fairbank, Arizona in February 1900. A...