March 20, 1882 With the recent killing of Morgan Earp by assassins, Wyatt Earp spends his 34th birthday attending to the details of shipping his...
Blood on the Tracks…Wyatt Earp vs Frank Stilwell
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“I Hold for No One!” Road Agents Attempt to Rob Kinnear’s Stage Near Contention
March 15, 1881 Two California boys are riding the box on this chilly night along the San Pedro River bottom. Eli “Bud” Philpot, a top-rated stage...
Gunfight at the Stilwell Corral
January 14, 1881 Siner and part-time gambler Mike O’Rourke, 18, and his roommate Robert Petty, 23, are eating in Smith’s rest-aurant in Charleston,...
Tumbling Dice Wins Hardin a One-way Ticket to Hell…John Wesley Hardin vs Constable John Selman
August 19, 1895 Wes Hardin is drunk and furious. “I’ll go and get a gun,” he bellows at John Selman, Sr., “and when I meet you I’ll meet you...
Kill Bill
August 25, 1896 Riding with a six-man posse that includes the deadly Dunn brothers, U.S. Marshal Heck Thomas meets two informants (the Noble...
Kill Bill
August 25, 1896 Riding with a six-man posse that includes the deadly Dunn brothers, U.S. Marshal Heck Thomas meets two informants (the Noble...
Beyond Custer Hill
June 25, 1876 George Armstrong Custer’s mind is racing with military strategies and tactics. As usual, he is reacting to a fluid battle situation...
Rock Creek Killfest
July 12, 1861 David McCanles, his son William and two employees ride up to Rock Creek Station, Nebraska Territory. Leaving his two hired hands at...
Did Davy Really Die?
March 6, 1836 Did He Go Down Swinging or Surrendering? Just after midnight, Gen. Santa Anna orders his 2,064 troops to move toward their assault...
I Shot the Sheriff (and I Killed a Deputy, Too)
April 1, 1878 After eating breakfast at the Wortley Hotel in Lincoln, New Mexico, Sheriff William Brady walks out on the main street to meet his...
Ambush at Guadalupe Pass
August 12, 1881 The Clanton Camp: Innocent Cowboys or “a Viper’s Nest” of Outlaws? A group of some 25 American cowboys has been raiding in Northern...
Zip Zapped!
August 2, 1895 A mile and a half north of Cainville, Oklahoma, lawman Marion Hildreth and five men surround a homesteader cabin. After eating...