Jim Murphy joined the Sam Bass Gang in 1878 and almost immediately got arrested (so did his dad). Jim struck a deal—betray Bass (photo) in exchange...

Around 1880, the Graham and Tewksbury families were friends and neighbors in central Arizona.  The soon ended in arguments over possible rustling,...

Bub Meeks was like Butch Cassidy—a Mormon, born in the 1860s in Utah, and on the hunt for adventure.  So it’s understandable they would hook up.  In...

Mike Meagher was one of the toughest lawmen in the West.  At age 28, in 1871, the Irish born Meagher was appointed marshal of cowtown Wichita,...

Tom Horn was famed as a gunman. But gun ignorance did him in. He was awaiting execution for the murder of Willie Nickell when he and a pal broke out...

Wyatt and Josie Earp tried their hand at Alaska in 1899, following the gold rush to Nome where they opened (with Charlie Hoxie) the Dexter Saloon. ...

James D. Horan was a prolific writer, a New York newspaperman who also penned history, historical fiction and novels (more than 40 books total).  He...

February 1868.  Frank Reno (photo) and members of his Indiana gang traveled to Iowa to rob county treasuries. Over the course of a few weeks, they...

Train robber John Reno made a big mistake when he got drunk in early 1867. He and pal Frank Sparks were imbibing in a Seymour, Indiana saloon owned...

They called Missouri Levi Rittenhouse “The Bandit Queen,” and in southeast Indiana. she probably was. Born into an outlaw family in 1840, she was...