April 14, 1881 Out in the West Texas town of El Paso, ex-Marshal George Campbell is flat-out looking for trouble. “Any A…
A Cold Ride into Hell The Power Family vs A Four-man Posse.
February 10, 1918 In the bitter cold, a four-man posse riding in from Klondyke, Arizona, surrounds a lone cabin in Kiel…
A Watch to Die For Wild Bill Hickok vs Dave Tutt.
Dave Tutt walked onto the town square in Springfield, Missouri, at 6 p.m. on a Friday. He was about to face off with a …
The Truth about Wild Bill Myths have shrouded the West’s deadliest gunfighter. It’s time to re-evaluate those legends.
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 …