October 28, 1884 While visiting Upper Frisco Plaza in western Socorro County, New Mexico, 19-year-old Elfego Baca is asked to arrest a drunken cowboy, 22-year-old Charles McCarty, for firing his pistol in Milligan’s saloon. The cowboy shoots the unarmed Baca’s hat off. Baca leaves to recruit some fellow New Mexicans, who help him arrest McCarty, when they catch up to him on a nearby ranch road

October 2010
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- Uno, Dos, Tres!
- Cowgirl 101 in Apache Country
- Uberti’s Wild West
- Trailing Alfred Jacob Miller in the West
- A Crotchety Cowboy Mentor
- The Tunstalls Return
- Exploding Ginger Snaps?
- Too Much Sun
- Outerwear Out West
- Celebration of Non-Indian, Indian Art
- C.M. Russell’s Illustrated Colt
- Mike Scovel
- Fort Davis, Texas
- What does “kack” refer to?
- Who is the namesake of Allen Street in Tombstone, Arizona?
- Did most Old West saloons have swinging doors?
- Were the Yaqui Indians the most fearsome warrior tribe?
- Were Hickok’s 1851 Navy Colts plated?
- What can you tell me about the eight-gauge shotgun in Streets of Laredo?
- Who was the first American to map the Columbia River Basin?
- Forget The Alamo