Father Emanuel Schneider became the first priest at Tombstone’s Sacred Heart Church in January 1881.  He lasted just six months—probably because he...

The S.S. California was built in 1848 to take mail and passengers from Panama to California.  But its services grew in demand when the Gold Rush...

Ben Thompson, one of the most noted gunmen of the Old West, was a man famed in his own time for his prowess with a pistol. Yet only two biographies...

Charlie Storms is best known as an Old West gambler and gunfighter who came up on the short end of a shootout with Luke Short in Tombstone in 1881....

John Younger was the youngest of the “fighting Youngers”—but he was the deadliest.  He killed his first man at age 15. In January 1871—still 19—he...

Jack Langrishe was an actor and comedian in the Old West. He set up a theater in Deadwood, DT which also served as a church and hosted the trial of...

Robert Martin led a double life.  In Arizona and New Mexico territories, he was known as an honest and important rancher.  In Mexico, he (and pal...

George Bravin became a Cochise County (AZ) lawman in 1894, when he was 36.  He quickly garnered respect—although his choice of deputies was a bit...

L.G. Davis was the sheriff of Carbon County, WY.  The Wild Bunch had been on a crime spree in the region but other lawmen refused to go raid their...

In the last years of his life, Wild Bill Hickok had eye problems.  His eyesight was fading, he was sensitive to light, and there was irritation and...