March 6, 1836 Just after midnight, Gen. Santa Anna orders his 2,064 troops to move toward their assault positions. Select soldados (soldiers)...
How Did Davy Really Die?
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Bob Boze Bell
Cut the Tent, Unleash the War
January 28, 1861 John Ward rides 11 miles to petition Fort Buchanan commander Lt. Col. Pitcairn Morrison to help recover Ward’s stepson Felix, who...
Wham, Bam, Thank You Uncle Sam!
May 11, 1889 Riding in a dougherty (canopied ambulance), U.S. Army Paymaster Maj. Joseph Washington Wham (rhymes with bomb) is on his way to pay...
Uno, Dos, Tres!
October 28, 1884 While visiting Upper Frisco Plaza in western Socorro County, New Mexico, 19-year-old Elfego Baca is asked to arrest a drunken...
Caught With His Pants Down?
July 14, 1881 As the lawmen creep toward the buildings, they hear voices. At about nine p.m. Sheriff Pat Garrett and two deputies, John Poe and Tom...
Caught With His Pants Down?
July 14, 1881 As the lawmen creep toward the buildings, they hear voices. At about nine p.m. Sheriff Pat Garrett and two deputies, John Poe and Tom...
Wichita Whore War
October 27, 1873 Big Red Beard is deep in his cups as he goes to his room in the back of his saloon in Delano, Kansas, and returns with his...
Bad Day at Round Rock
July 19, 1878 Sam Bass has a bold plan. He and his outlaw band will case the bank in Round Rock, Texas, one more time and then strike tomorrow, a...
Wyatt Goes Rogue
March 21-22, 1882 Fresh from avenging the murder of Wyatt Earp’s brother Morgan by killing Frank Stilwell at the train station in Tucson, Arizona,...
One Against 76
November 4 (or 9th), 1862 Army Surgeon John Marmaduke Whitlock is visiting his good friend Col. Kit Carson at the newly recaptured Fort Stanton...
McKinney Meets His Maker
April 19, 1903 Acting on a tip, a 10-man posse surrounds the Bakersfield, California, establishment known as the Joss House, a combination meeting...
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Billing his book as a dual biography of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett, Mark Gardner bails into the oft-told tale (there are more than a thousand...