Wilbur Sanders was one of the true founding fathers of Montana—in a number of ways. The New York-born attorney came to the territory in late 1863. ...

Bank and train robber Jess Newton was on the lam in Mexico when he decided to compete in the Del Rio, TX rodeo on July 4, 1924.  The law was waiting...

The Pinkertons had their own way of doing things. The agency was trying to get three labor leaders (photo) to Idaho to face charges for allegedly...

The Newton Boys pulled off dozens of bank and train holdups in the nineteen-teens and ‘20s.  Apparently it was hard to break the habit. March 5,...

Indiana’s Reno Gang had a last hurrah on May 22, 1868.  They held up a train at Marshfield and got away with an estimated $96,000. But they also...

In early 1897, Augustus Thomas was discouraged, despite being one of America’s finest playwrights. Thomas turned to a neighbor in New Rochelle, New...

John Tunstall is best known for his ties to Billy the Kid—but he almost never made it to New Mexico. At the age of 19, in 1872, he left his home in...

Western author Emerson Hough (photo) was a friend of Pat Garrett, the man who shot Billy the Kid.  And when Garrett was assassinated in 1908,...