Tom and Frank McLaury are part of one of the biggest Old West stories—the so-called Gunfight at the OK Corral. Big is a term that doesn’t exactly...
McLaurys Get the Short End of the Stick
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Mark Boardman
Orders of the Arizona Rangers
For decades, folks thought there were six general orders of the Arizona Rangers. They covered stuff like don’t hang out in bars or brothels, enforce...
Dark Starr
One hundred years ago this month, Henry Starr set out to make history. The career outlaw wanted to rob two banks at once, succeeding where the...
Cole Younger. Confederate Guerrilla. Outlaw. Christian.
He was 69 when he attended a tent revival near his home at Lee’s Summit, MO on August 21, 1913. The pastor was an old family friend, and when the...
Bonanza Comes to Ponderosa Ranch
In 1961, producers of Bonanza decided some land around Lake Tahoe, CA was great for outdoor shots. Fans of the TV show stopped by to see the place,...
A Shootout Over Eggs?
In the Old West, all things were possible. Shakespeare, NM, 1879. Ross Woods got the last breakfast eggs at the Stratford Hotel restaurant. Bean...
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Labor negotiator? Yep. Both sides asked the Denver socialite (and Titanic survivor) to help out with the Ludlow, CO mine strike in 1914. More than...
An Iron Gas Pipe Stands Over the Grave of the Dalton Gang at Coffeyville, KS.
Legend says they tied their horses to it when they tried to rob two banks at once in 1892. That was in Death Alley, where a couple of them were...
Blowing in the Wind
If you visit Las Vegas, New Mexico—and you should, considering all the Old West history that’s still alive there—head to the park blooming in the...
Quanah Parker’s Second Act
The year 1875 was a watershed for the war chief known as Quanah. Before that time, his Quahadi Comanches were one of the fiercest, toughest and...
Criminal Intentions
The last Old West-style train robbery in Texas was strange. It started off as a joke and ended up with a trip to mom’s house. In his mid-20s, Willis...
The Second Harry Tracy
Folks in the Pacific Northwest called Charles Hopkins the “Tattooed Bandit” or “True Love Bandit.” Others knew him as the second Harry Tracy—as if...