Jack McCall’s execution for killing Wild Bill. March 1, 1877. Jack McCall pays the ultimate price for killing Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, Dakota...

Jack McCall’s execution for killing Wild Bill. March 1, 1877. Jack McCall pays the ultimate price for killing Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, Dakota...
He follows his brothers into outlawry. John Younger is often portrayed as an innocent, especially compared to his outlaw brothers Cole, Bob and Jim....
Jimmy Dolan may have indirectly caused the death of Huston Chapman. Jimmy Dolan—one of the major players in the Lincoln County War—was accidentally...
Billy Campbell faced a mob for his crimes. Billy Campbell was a hard-case, often fueled by alcohol and anger. He left dead bodies behind in Texas,...
Papa Nicholas had his own violent run-ins… On November 27, 1881, the patriarch of the Earp clan, Nicholas, went to a bank in San Bernardino,...
Nate Champion became a martyr in the Johnson County War. For some residents of Johnson County, Wyoming, in the 1890s, Nate Champion had the perfect...
The Earps’ father had a reputation for bad behavior. In May 1864, Nicholas Earp—the father of Virgil, Wyatt, Morgan, etc.—led a wagon train from...
Nicholas Earp—constable and rum runner. In 1859, Nicholas Porter Earp—the father of the famed Fighting Earps—was a constable in Monmouth, Illinois....
Jim Miller was a cool customer before he died Jim Miller—the famed Old West assassin—met his end in Ada, Oklahoma on April 19, 1909. He and three...
Killer started his career by murdering kin. Jim Miller’s first of many killings was close to home. In July 1884, he attended a tent revival meeting...
The story of how a famed killer didn’t murder his grandparents. The legend: an orphaned “Killin” Jim Miller murdered his grandparents when he was a...
But Jesse Chisholm didn’t use it for cattle… The Chisholm Trail is one of the most important and famous of the paths used to drive cattle from Texas...