Mark Boardman
Setting up Shop

Setting up Shop

Ed Schieffelin must have been a brave man.  In 1877, he set up shop at the Brunckow Cabin, a few miles southwest of the town he would help found and...

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The Deadly Cabin

The Deadly Cabin

Frederick Brunckow met his end while trying to develop mining in southeast Arizona.  The German native claimed a mine near modern-day Tombstone in...

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Crime Pays?

Crime Pays?

Marion Turner was a Lincoln County (NM) deputy and a gunman for the Murphy-Dolan faction.  When the Battle of Lincoln broke out in July 1878, Turner...

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The Big Fight

The Big Fight

It takes something for an Old West shootout to be called “The Big Fight.” That’s the handle they stuck on a free-for-all in Tascosa, Texas, in the...

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Picking up the Guns

Picking up the Guns

The Seven Rivers Warriors started off as a group of small ranchers around Lincoln County, NM. But when the Lincoln County War broke out, they went...

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A Killer Gets His

A Killer Gets His

Frank McNab (or MacNab) was second in command of The Regulators, the Lincoln County (NM) outfit that tried to settle the score for the murder of...

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The Taos Revolt

The Taos Revolt

Hispanics and Puebloans in present day New Mexico were concerned in 1847.  The US had just taken over the region, and the natives feared they would...

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