October 5, 1892 Five mounted men ride into Coffeyville, Kansas, from the west. It is around 9:30 a.m., and the streets are already filled with...
Dalton Debacle
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Bob Boze Bell
The Gang Slayer
December 19, 1854 Three American prospectors are traversing a miner’s trail in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains (see map below). As Capt....
Battle of the Plaza
April 16, 1881 Traveling mostly by rail, Bat Masterson has just covered 1,100 miles to come to the aid of his estranged brother Jim. Bat was just in...
10 Face-to-Face, Stand-Up Gunfights
I’m a member of the Historical Arms Society of Tucson, and our group is curious if the movies are correct about how many stand-up gunfights took...
The Fountain Murders
February 1, 1896 Albert Jennings Fountain is agitated. It’s cold and windy, and his young son is coming down with a cold. Fountain is anxious to get...
Shoot-out at Stinking Springs
December 23, 1880 Riding at midnight through deep snow, Sheriff-elect Pat Garrett leads a 13-man posse eastward out of Fort Sumner, New Mexico....
Geronimo!
October 5, 1881 An outbreak from the Apache Reservation in San Carlos sends fear and shock waves throughout southeastern Arizona as warriors led by...
Death by Shakespeare
November 22, 1880 Attacking during the night, four rustlers run off 22 head of stock from the Turner and Lindeman ranch near San Simon, Arizona. In...
Son of a Gunfighter
October 14, 1882 John J. Cozad is negotiating a trade in the Bee Hive General Store, which is run by his mother-in-law, Julia A. Gatewood, who sits...
Opening Shot Dissected…
Regarding the July 2013 Opening Shot of Pat Garrett and crew sitting on the dock: This building is new, the corners of the adobe have not rounded...
The Final Camel Charge
April 7, 1859 After months on the trail from California’s Fort Tejon, Samuel Bishop and 23 volunteers mount 20 camels and a couple mules at one in...
Blazing Bastards
December 8, 1883 On a cold December night, five cowboys wearing heavy coats and masks ride up the gulch, past the Copper Queen smelter, and dismount...