The story goes that Deputy U.S. Marshal Bill Tilghman was tracking the Doolin Gang in January 1895. He entered a dugout on the Dunn ranch, looking...
Tilghman’s Tall Tale
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Mark Boardman
A Blundered Billy Legend
The story goes that Catholic nun Sister Blandina Segale had a run-in with Billy the Kid back in the 1870s. He was angry when physicians in Trinidad,...
The Gentleman Train Robber
Eugene Bunch was a gentleman train robber, a former newspaper editor and teacher who turned to crime in 1888. He held up six trains in Texas,...
The Loomis Gang
One of the forerunners of Old West gangs controlled parts of Upstate New York in the first half of the 19th Century. The Loomis Gang was led by six...
Big Jim French
Big Jim French was at most of the important actions in the Lincoln County War. Perhaps most notably, he was one of the gunmen—along with Billy the...
Jesse James Tastes Blood
Jesse James had just turned 17 when the opportunity for violence first arose—up close and personal. He and his older brother, Frank, were riding...
Andrew “Buckshot” Roberts
Andrew Roberts is one of those legendary characters of the Old West, a tough as nails guy who took on Billy the Kid and some of the Regulators at a...
Blurred Lines
The Lincoln County War in New Mexico was never as cut and dried as it might seem. Numerous men switched sides at various times. Billy the Kid was...
Zanuck’s Disputed Ending
“My Darling Clementine” is considered by many as a classic Western. It’s also not what director John Ford planned. Producer/studio head Darryl F....
Deforest Kelley
Actor DeForest Kelley is best known as Dr. “Bones” McCoy on Star Trek. But he also had a number of connections to Tombstone—at least on film. He...
George Shepherd Seeks Revenge
Jim Anderson was the brother of Confederate guerrilla leader “Bloody Bill” Anderson. After the Civil War, Jim took up with the James-Younger Gang....
Crime Boss Vicente Silva
Vicente Silva led a double life in Las Vegas, New Mexico. By day, he was a successful businessman. By night, he was an organized crime boss for...