Starting a church in Dodge City. September 24, 1850. Ormond W. Wright is born in New Hampshire. When he moves west in his early 20s, he decides to...
The Wright Stuff
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The Sweetwater Affair
The Hamer family’s ongoing fight with ex-in-laws. October 1, 1917. Frank Hamer (photo), his pregnant wife Gladys, and three others are driving...
A Frontier Pastor
Ormond Wright served the good people of Dodge City. In 1877, Rev. Ormond Wright served the Union Church in Dodge City, Kansas. (a replica of which...
How Tombstone Got its Name
Prospector Ed Schieffelin was making a joke… September 21, 1877. Prospector Ed Schieffelin files a claim on a site in Southeast Arizona known as...
Who Got Al?
The death of outlaw Spencer is a mystery. Al Spencer was an outlaw who bridged the Old West and the gangster era. He learned his craft from Henry...
The Big Haul
An outlaw gang strikes it rich…for the moment. September 18, 1877. Six members of the Joel Collins Gang board a Union Pacific train at a water stop...
A Self-Made Man
Frank Canton rode on both sides of the law. September 15, 1849. Josiah Horner is born near Richmond, Indiana. He heads to Texas when he's 15--and...
Breaking Away
An Old West outlaw changes his stripes. September 13, 1875. Four men escape from a jail in Jacksboro, TX. One of them, Joe Horner, has been awaiting...
Father Unto Death
A fill-in cashier derails a James-Younger Gang robbery. Joseph Lee Heywood was treasurer at Carleton College in Northfield, MN—but on September 7,...
The Great Northfield Raid
Citizens defeat some of the toughest outlaws in America. September 7, 1876. The James-Younger Gang tries to rob the First National Bank in...
The Massacre in the Mountains
The Mormons slaughter immigrants headed to California. September 11, 1857. Mormon militia and a few Paiute Indians killed about 120 immigrants in...
Death of a Legend
Crazy Horse’s tragic end. September 5, 1877. The noted Oglala warrior Crazy Horse is killed at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Crazy Horse and his band are...