Lawmen took two grisly souvenirs from dead bandits. July 25, 1853. A group of California Rangers led by Captain Harry Love guns down two bandits in...
The Head and the Hand
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Mark Boardman
Doc Holliday and the Con Man
Perry Mallon nearly ended Doc’s career. July 30, 1882. Flim-flam man Perry Mallon is arrested in Toledo, Ohio on charges of being a "suspicious...
A Wyoming Tragedy
The murders of two innocent ranchers. July 20, 1889. A group of ranchers lynches Ella Watson and Jim Averell in Wyoming. The cattlemen claim the...
Wild Bill’s Shining Moment
The gunfight with Davis Tutt brings fame. July 21, 1865. Wild Bill Hickok and Davis Tutt face off in the Springfield, Missouri town square. The...
The Missing Mules
The first confrontation between the Earps and McLaurys. July 25, 1880. A contingent including several soldiers, a Wells Fargo agent, and Deputy US...
A Bullet for Ringo
A despondent Cow-boy ends it all. July 12, 1882. The Tombstone Epitaph reports that Cow-boy John Ringo has been drinking heavily in the town of...
The Battle of Lincoln
The final chapter of NM’s infamous mercantile/range war. July 15-19, 1878. The climax of New Mexico Territory's Lincoln County War. The Regulators...
A Wild Affray for Hickok
Wild Bill gets out of a sticky situation. July 17, 1870--A saloon in Hays City, KS. Wild Bill Hickok is attacked by two soldiers of the 7th Cavalry,...
A Conman’s End Game
Soapy Smith cashes in his chips. July 8, 1898, Jefferson Randolph Smith II--better known as conman Soapy Smith--is shot to death on a wharf in...
A Second Chance
Outlaw Cole Younger gets out of prison. July 10, 1901. Outlaws Cole (photo) and Jim Younger are released from the Minnesota prison in Stillwater...
The Little Girl and the Outlaw
A chance encounter that later led to Cole Younger getting out of prison. In September 1876, preparing for the ill-fated Northfield Robbery, Cole...
Divorce by Death
Buckskin Frank Leslie took care of a husband the old fashioned way. June 22, 1880. Buckskin Frank Leslie is lounging on the porch of Tombstone's...