Annie Oakley gains world-wide fame with Buffalo Bill. In April 1885, sharpshooter Annie Oakley joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show. She’d already...
Little Sure Shot
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A Higher Power
An experiment causes a blackout in Colorado. Inventor Nikola Tesla moved his labs to Colorado Springs in 1899. He was experimenting with...
A Fiery Fight
A lover’s quarrel brings down Cripple Creek. April 25, 1896. Dance hall girl Jennie Larue and her boyfriend Otto Floto get into a fight in Cripple...
A Deadly Plague
Thousands of Plains Indians died from smallpox. Native American contact with Whites turned out to be deadly, especially for the Plains tribes. One...
The Long Walk
The forced relocation of the Navajo. In 1861, the United States was in a virtual war with the Indians of New Mexico. Plans called for them to be...
Walking the Trail of Death
The forced relocation of the Potawatomi In September 1838, the U.S. government decided to relocate the Potawatomi Indians from Indiana to Kansas....
The Three Week Leader
Frank McNab had a short tenure as head of the Regulators. Frank McNab was a member of the Regulators during the Lincoln County War. He was second in...
Eight Against One
William Roberts used remarkable skills and guts to even the odds. It’s called the Battle of Blazer’s Mill, one of the most remarkable gunfights...
Tell Them Willie Boy Was Here
The true story behind the movie. “The Last Great Manhunt” involved a Southern Paiute called Willie Boy. He was courting his cousin Carlota in...
The Big Score
The Reno Gang’s last robbery is their largest. May 28, 1868. Just two months after breaking jail, the Reno Gang makes its biggest score. Some 12...
April Fools
The joke is on Iowa lawmen. April 1, 1868. Officers check the cells at the Council Bluffs, IA jail--and find that four members of the Reno Gang have...
The Reno Gang: Arrested
Most wanted outlaws go to jail…for a time. March 28, 1868. Four members of the Reno Gang—led by Frank Reno (photo)--are arrested and jailed...