More than 40 actors have portrayed Wyatt Earp, but few have even slightly resembled him. Which of the following actors do you believe best captures...
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Wyatt Earp Mystery Car
One photo has always intrigued me. It shows the legendary Wyatt Earp standing next to a fancy car in the 1920s. Although several websites claim the...
Black Bart’s Bad Day
November 3, 1883 The Sonora-Milton stage rattles along, empty, save for the driver. Reason E. McConnell has been on the road for three hours since...
A Wild Time at Wildy Well
July 12, 1898 A t around 4 a.m., Doña Ana County Sheriff Pat Garrett and his posse are trying to sneak up on murder suspects Oliver Lee and Jim...
Cathouse Melee
April 5, 1894 Bass Outlaw is drunk. This isn’t news. He’s been described by fellow Texas Ranger Alonzo Oden as “so kind . . . more sympathetic, more...
O.K. Aftermath
October 26, 1881 First of all, it didn’t happen in the O.K. Corral. The fight happened down the street from the rear entrance to the O.K. Corral, in...
Artists We Love—Ed Mell
Not one of the many art bios on Ed Mell mentions his great sense of humor. Ed Mell Not one of the many art bios on Ed Mell mentions his great sense...
Cave Creek Ambush
December 22, 1873 Stationed at Camp McDowell, northeast of Phoenix, Arizona, a unit of the 5th Cavalry, led by Lt. Walter S. Schuyler, has been on...
Did Doc Holliday Start the Fight?
October 26, 1881 Plus: Did Wyatt Earp Shoot Morgan in the Back? Come along,” says Virgil Earp, as he hands a Wells, Fargo & Co. shotgun to Doc...
Shot for Snoring?
August 7, 1871 Charles Couger is sitting on a bed reading a newspaper in the American House in Abilene, Kansas. Four shots are fired from outside...
Tragic Fight on the Devil’s Backbone
January 11, 1886 Captain Emmet Crawford is on the brink of victory. Yesterday, his punitive raiding party of three officers, one medic, one...
Love Will Find a Way
July 25, 1853 Saddling up at 2 a.m. Harry Love and his fellow California Rangers ride out of their rugged mountain camp and make their way to...