The illustrations are striking—mountain man/scout/pioneer Kit Carson with a beautiful horse, ready to take on the toughest trails the West can...
The Denton Mare
They called her the Denton Mare, a two-year-old gray named Jennie that had been bred in north Texas. Sam Bass saw that she was speedy and bought...
Edward Canby
General Edward Canby—a career army man--commanded the military in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1870s. One duty: to bring the Modoc tribe to...
Cayuse Chief Tiloukaikt
Cayuse Chief Tiloukaikt led several warriors in killing 13 people at Oregon’s Whitman mission on November 29, 1847. The Indians blamed the whites...
Captain Silas Soule
On November 29, 1864, Colorado militia killed dozens of Cheyenne and Arapaho—many women, children and elderly--in what’s known as the Sand Creek...
Galen Clark
Galen Clark was widowed, broke, depressed and suffering from TB when he moved to the mountains of California in 1853. Doctors gave him six months to...
Emmett Dalton
Emmett Dalton was in trouble, in a Coffeyville, KS doctor’s office with more than 20 wounds after his gang attempted to rob two banks on October 5,...
Justice for Jack
Pioneer Jack Swilling should be remembered for his many contributions to Arizona—but his legacy is clouded by a robbery charge.Born John W. Swilling...
Outlaw Hideouts
The Outlaw Trail wasn’t really one specific trail, but a series of hideouts that ran from Montana through Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico,...
Frank Hamer’s First Gunfight
Legendary Texas Ranger Frank Hamer was in more than 50 gunfights. His first was memorable. It was 1900, and 16-year-old Frank and his younger...
Tombstone Merchant Frank Carleton
The summer of 1881 was not a good one for Tombstone merchant Frank Carleton. In June, his restaurant burned to the ground. The next month, he lost...
Captain Harry Love
Captain Harry Love killed California bandit Joaquin Murrieta in 1853; 15 years later, he came to his own hard end. Love was a homeless drunk,...