After his surrender in 1886, the Apache leader Geronimo became quite in demand at expositions, parades and fairs and he quickly caught on to the...

After his surrender in 1886, the Apache leader Geronimo became quite in demand at expositions, parades and fairs and he quickly caught on to the...
As volatile as today’s politics seem, I find it somewhat comforting to know that in the Old West, it was even worse. During the 1871 election season...
Two ranchers, Corydon Cooley and Marion Clark, decided the valley they lived in wasn’t big enough for the both of them. They played a card game to...
During her arduous journey into the war zone of Arizona in 1874, Martha Summerhayes gave high praise to a riverboat pilot, Captain Jack Mellon,...
In 1888, Ski-be-nan-ted , better known as The Apache Kid, was sentenced to a ten year term at Alcatraz for a crime he did not commit. Pardoned after...
We have this image of Old West saloons serving rotgut, but in wild Tombstone, A.T., Kelly’s Wine House served 26 wines imported from Europe and had...
Believe it or not, a 1936 German film, Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (The Emperor of California), was partially filmed in Sedona. The script allegedly...
Embarking by boat from San Francisco in 1874, Martha Summerhayes joined her army husband as he headed to far-off Arizona. Arriving in Yuma they met...
June 1, 1887 Absent from duty for five days, the Apache Kid, along with four other Apache scouts under his command, ride single file into the...
The U.S.-Mexico border has long been plagued by outlaws and bandidos from both sides of the line. Some of the most infamous to ply the no man’s land...
He was a freighter, a scout, a gambler, a lawman and an actor (a bad one by his own admission). His real name was James, but someone called him...
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...