Like most Old West icons, gunfighter “Wild Bill” Hickok is shrouded in myths. He likely started many of them. A teller o…
Clash of the Mad Madams Alice Abbott vs Etta Clark.
April 18, 1886 The beautiful Bessie Colvin is fed up. After a year of arguing over “extracurricular activities” and bad…
Hell’s Comin’ With Me! A blow-by-blow account of what really went down.
March 20, 1882 With the recent killing of Morgan Earp by assassins, Wyatt Earp spends his 34th birthday attending to the…
The Spark that Launched the Vendetta Ride Morgan Earp vs Frank Stilwell, Pete Spence and others.
March 18, 1882 A one-night showing of the play Stolen Kisses is being staged at the Turnverein Hall, north of Schieffeli…
The Brutal Truth About Most Billy the Kid Wannabes
We get a “new” Billy the Kid photo sent to us almost every week. The photo of the cocky-looking gent on the opposite pag…
Heart Gone Wild Did Olive Oatman want to be rescued?
In 1857, Olive Oatman’s ghostwriter said this about her life story: “Much of that dreadful period is unwritten, and will…
The Oatman Massacre The Oatman Family vs Yavapai Raiders
Roys Oatman and his family have just finished hauling their belongings up a rocky grade to a bluff on the south side of …
The Mysterious Death of John Ringo John Ringo vs Himself.
July 2, 1882 John Ringo has decided to move to Tombstone, Arizona Territory (he has been living in San Simon and Galeyvi…
Classic Gunfights: Don’t Look Back Wild Bill vs Billy Mulvey
In office for only one day, acting Ellis County Sheriff James “Wild Bill” Hickok is making his rounds in the Kansas cowt…
A Bad Customer William Lake vs Jacob Killian
August 21, 1869 Lake’s Hippo-olympiad and Mammoth Circus takes a swing through southwestern rural Missouri, landing in G…