There are a lot of Old West items floating around in the world of collectors—including the bullet that killed gunfighter John Wesley Hardin. Bill...

Martin Mrose is usually painted as an Old West rustler and thief who got what was coming to him in June of 1895.  Several lawmen filled him full of...

New Year’s 1875 found Doc Holliday celebrating at the St. Charles Saloon in Dallas, once his home base but he had moved to Denison.  The revelries...

Hayes Lyons helped kill a man in Montana Territory in 1863—and for that, the Vigilantes came looking for him.  He had a chance to leave the area,...

James Williams gained a certain amount of success and notoriety when he led the Montana Vigilantes in 1864. The group hanged 21 men in just one...

Bee Ho Gray is pretty much forgotten today, but he had a 50-year entertainment career in Wild West shows, vaudeville, carnivals/circuses, radio and...

A bit of New Mexico history was lost recently.  The Old Dowlin Mill in Ruidoso was destroyed by a gas explosion and fire.  It was the oldest...

H.F. Sills was the mystery man of the O.K. Corral hearing.  Sills was visiting Tombstone at the time of the shootout and had no connections to...

Annie Oakley wasn’t the only great female sharpshooter in the 19th century.  In fact, many people thought that Lillian Smith was even better than...