Frank Loving vs. Levi Richardson April 5, 1879. Frank Loving and Levi Richardson go at it in the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City. The cause? A...
Another Side to Wyatt Earp
He runs from a horse theft charge in Arkansas April 6, 1871. Edward Kennedy and Wyatt Earp are arrested by a deputy U.S. marshal in the Cherokee...
Death of a Champion
The Wyoming invasion claims its first victim. April 8, 1892. A small army of mercenaries, hired by the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, surrounds...
The Death of a Legend
They laid poor Jesse James in his grave. April 3, 1882. Outlaw Jesse James is gunned down in a rented home in St. Joseph, Missouri. The culprit? ...
April Fools!
Hoosier outlaws pull a fast one on their jailers. On this date in 1868, those words are written above a hole in the wall of the Council Bluffs, Iowa...
Breaking the Bank
The Reno Gang empty Missouri county treasuries. March 29, 1868. Pinkerton agents arrest four members of Indiana's Reno Gang, far from home in Iowa....
A Deadly Lottery
Texas militia are given a strange opportunity to live or die. March 25, 1843. The Black Bean Incident. A group of Texians are part of the Meier...
The Big Fight
Cowboys vs. small ranchers in Tascosa. March 21, 1886. An ongoing dispute between cowboys at the LS Ranch--many former associates of Pat...
A Deadly Arrest
Several Texas State Police die in a fight with the Horrells. March 19, 1873. Seven members of the Texas State Police arrest Bill Bowen for illegally...
John Younger and a Missouri Gunfight
The outlaw brother meets his end. March 17, 1874. Outlaws John (photo) and Jim Younger are traveling a road between Roscoe and Osceola, Missouri....
The Death of Morgan Earp
Violence begets violence in Cochise County… March 18, 1882. Morgan Earp is assassinated while playing billiards at Campbell and Hatch's in...
The Life and Legend Begins
Wyatt Earp is born in Illinois. March 19, 1848. Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp is born in Monmouth, IL. He will live a long and interesting life, often a...