Back in 1879, folks in Las Vegas, New Mexico found a new use for the windmill in the town plaza.  And why not—the well had gone dry a couple of...

Bat Masterson met his maker on October 25, 1921—not in a gunfight, but at a desk. The 67-year-old ex-lawman was a columnist for the New York Morning...

The Victor, Colorado Union Hall was dedicated in March 1901.  It became the site of a pitched shoot-out on June 7, 1904. Western Federation of...

May 5, 1865.  More than a dozen men derail a train near North Bend, Ohio, just northwest of Cincinnati.  They rob the passengers and then break open...

A few surprising notes on Hanging Judge Isaac Parker, who was the law for the Western District of Arkansas out of Ft. Smith. He opposed the death...

Arizona pioneer Jack Swilling was a founder of both Prescott and Phoenix—and an accused stage robber. In 1878, Jack and two friends were mistaken...

This guy is not Doc Holliday.  He is John Escapule, born in France in 1856, who came to southeast Arizona in 1877. John became friendly with...

Pete McCartney was known as the “King of the Counterfeiters,” manufacturing perhaps millions of dollars in bogus bills between the 1840s and 1880s. ...

There’s a story told about Butch Cassidy compatriot Matt Warner… Matt was tending bar in a Price, Utah speakeasy during the height of Prohibition...

A celebration broke out when Oklahoma Territory became an official entity 125 years ago, on May 2, 1890. But the man who may have been most...

Raphael “Red” Lopez killed six men—including five law officers—during a late 1913 rampage outside Salt Lake City.  Posses thought they had him...