Arizona has had three different Arizona Ranger law enforcement groups. The first Ranger group was created in 1860, the second in 1882 and the third in 1901. All three did their best to combat lawlessness, but they were all defeated by the Arizona Legislature, which wouldn’t pay them (1882) and finally voted them out of existence (1909), proving that it’s hard to beat crime when you “fight city hall.”

September 2011
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- What did Old West towns do with the carcasses of dead horses?
- Who was Urilla Sutherland, the first wife of Wyatt Earp?
- Why didn’t Winchester chamber any of its rifles in .45 Colt?
- What happened to Maj. Marcus Reno’s command during the Battle of Little Big Horn in June 1876?
- What is forty-rod whiskey?
- Did cowboys place their rifle scabbards in the front or back of the saddle?
- I’m intrigued by the story of Dora Hand, the Dodge City saloon singer. Do any photos of her exist?
- Hot Springs, South Dakota
- Mark Hall-Patton
- Confronting the Fiddle Player: Did Rex Rideout Make it Out of Cowboys & Aliens Alive?
- 1961’s The Comancheros
- The Legend of Hell’s Gate
- Tarantino’s “Southern” Western
- The Warrior’s Way
- Rango
- The “Heart” of Cowboys & Aliens
- National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s Wrangler Winners
- Killed by Indians 1871
- Payback at Morning Peak
- The First Dance
- Olivia Wilde
- The Sierra Packers
- A Screaming Session at Cowboys & Aliens
- Conflict on the Range
- Galveston’s Guardian Angel
- Survivors of an Old West Shoot-Out
- Shot for Snoring?
- Eating Along the Oregon Trail
- TB Havens in the Old West
- Face-Off on Facebook
- Boot Scoot & Boogie
- Cowboys and Monsters
- Get Along, Little Buffalo!
- The Bandit Queen’s Treasures
- Top 10 Western Museums of 2011
- Billy the Kid Stays in the States!