October 1, 1917 Frank Hamer wants to go home. The Texas Ranger has just testified at the Callahan County Courthouse in Baird, Texas, in a murder...
Sweetwater Shoot-out
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Bob Boze Bell
Little by Liddil (Jesse Goes Down)
December 4, 1881 James Gang member, Dick Liddil, comes down for breakfast at the Bolton home, just east of Richmond, Missouri. He is soon joined by...
What They Got Right
It is a rare day indeed when an author admits, “They were very faithful to my book.” Ron Hansen is one of those happy writers. Hansen tells us five...
Campfire Shoot-Out
May 7, 1896 Hired to scare off pesky, potential claim jumpers, gunman and known outlaw Matt Warner and gambler William Wall accompany mining man...
Married to the Camera
On an artist’s studio tour, a decade or two ago, an elderly woman, upon seeing a sketch with very straight pencil guidelines, asked the artist, Ed...
Salt Siege Shoot-out
December 13, 1877 At the Texas Ranger com-pound in San Elizario, Texas, Ranger Sgt. C.E. Mortimer walks down to El Molino to check in on the Rangers...
Salt Siege Shoot-out
December 13, 1877 At the Texas Ranger com-pound in San Elizario, Texas, Ranger Sgt. C.E. Mortimer walks down to El Molino to check in on the Rangers...
The Battle of Big Dry Wash
July 17 1882 Apache leader Na-ti-o-tish positions his warriors along a narrow gorge eight miles north of the Mogollon Rim in east central Arizona....
The Battle of Big Dry Wash
July 17 1882 Apache leader Na-ti-o-tish positions his warriors along a narrow gorge eight miles north of the Mogollon Rim in east central Arizona....
Jerkwater Towns
One of our readers, Raymond Hill, asked me how railroaders got water up the water towers for trains traveling in the Old West, especially in the...
Jerkwater Towns
One of our readers, Raymond Hill, asked me how railroaders got water up the water towers for trains traveling in the Old West, especially in the...
Silver City Shoot-Out
March 10, 1884 After an exercise break, prisoners Frank Taggart, Mitch Lee and Kit Joy overpower two guards at the jail in Silver City, New Mexico,...