Godfrey Gauss witnessed Billy the Kid escape the Lincoln County Jail on April 28, 1881. Gauss said Deputy J.W. Bell died in his arms after Billy...

Charlie Bowdre had the ultimate wardrobe malfunction. December 23, 1880.  Pat Garrett and posse had Billy the Kid and gang trapped in a small...

Henry Starr.  Belle Starr.  Just how were the two notorious folks related?  The legends have come up with various stories.  Even during Henry’s...

Andrew “Buckshot” Roberts was confronted by Billy the Kid and his Regulators at Blazer’s Mill on April 4, 1878. Charlie Bowdre (photo) told Roberts...

So what caused Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday to split up—as friends and Vendetta Ride colleagues—in 1882? In a 1940 letter, former New Mexico governor...

William Rynerson (in photo) is best known as a prosecuting attorney and enemy of the Regulators in the Lincoln County War.  But he gained special...

It took Alameda County (CA) Sheriff Harry Morse (in photo) two tries to take down gunslinger Narato Ponce. Ponce was wanted for murder when Morse...

Bob Olinger was Billy the Kid’s last victim, but he was also deadly himself. In 1876, Olinger and a pal were gambling in a New Mexico saloon.  The...

Jim French is one of the most mysterious members of Billy the Kid’s Regulator gang. Where he came from and what happened to him?  Nobody knows. ...

In the Wild West, cattle were a staple—cattle drives, cattle towns, cattle herds, cattle ranches. Cattle were king through the 1870s up until the...

Walter Noble Burns was a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, traveling the world to cover news stories. And then he discovered the Old West. It...