Bob Boze Bell
The Vendetta Ride

The Vendetta Ride

In March of 1882, Wyatt Earp and a hand-picked posse, including Doc Holliday, scoured the hills of Cochise County looking for cowboys who had a hand...

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¡Ay Chihuahua!

¡Ay Chihuahua!

Most of us are familiar with the saying, “Ay Chihuahua!” which is the Spanish equivalent of “Yikes!” The entire saying is, “Ay Chihuahua, cuantos...

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Mickey Free S.O.B.

Mickey Free S.O.B.

When he was just a boy he started the longest war in U.S. history. Felix Ward’s abduction by Apaches when he was about 13, led to the infamous...

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Stinking Badges!

Stinking Badges!

One of the most well-known lines from a Western is widely misquoted: “Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!” Actually, in the 1948 classic “The...

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Loser Mountain

Loser Mountain

During the Civil War, Gen. Irvin McDowell lost the First Battle of Bull Run and then, defying all odds, lost the second Bull Run (although he was...

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A Long Shot

A Long Shot

June 27, 1874 The Comanches and their Kiowa and Southern Cheyenne allies are hell bent on driving buffalo hunters off their land. The hunters have...

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Bean Belly Egged On

Bean Belly Egged On

In 1879, Ross Woods got the last breakfast eggs at the Stratford Hotel restaurant in Shakespeare, New Mexico. This didn’t sit well with Bean Belly...

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