The story behind Buffalo Bill. For a time, William F. Bill Cody was the most famous man in America. His rise to fame was meteoric. In 1869, dime...
The Evolution of a Legend
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Marshall Trimble
The Hapless Hooligans of Oklahoma
The Jennings Gang was as inept as they come. Perhaps the zaniest bunch of outlaws in the history of the West were the Jennings brothers of Oklahoma....
Big Boots to Fill
None was bigger than Bob Paul. No lawman in the Old West was taller than Bob Paul. He stood 6'6" and weighed 246, broad shoulders and massive chest....
A Rendezvous Gunfight
Kit Carson quieted a boastful mountain man. At the rendezvous on the Green River in 1835, Kit Carson fought his famous duel with Joseph Chouinard....
Mapping the Territories
Military officers surveyed an expanded United States. The United States secured its “Manifest Destiny” in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe ending...
Riches in Them Thar Hills
The search for gold and silver transformed Arizona. Geographically located in the wild, untamed country between New Mexico and California, Arizona...
The Woman Warrior
A wounded Apache turned out to be something else. Darrell Duppa, the English gentleman credited with naming both Phoenix and Tempe, had a bizarre...
Rock Springs and Tip Top
The town and the mine have a rich history. The area surrounding Rock Springs is chalk full of rich Arizona history. During the 1860s, it was...
Connecting the Towns
A new road bridged Phoenix and Prescott. The idea for a wagon road from Phoenix to Prescott by way of Agua Fria River was first proposed in 1866....
Lean Times for an Action Star
Tom Mix’s last years were tough… Tom Mix’s movie career was basically done by 1929. Westerns were out of fashion, so he spent his last years were...
And Your Horse, Too!
Tom Mix’s horse became a famous screen presence. Tom Mix's horse, Tony, was the only horse who starred in his own movie, made in 1922. Mix had a...
Superstar of the Silver Screen
Tom Mix dominated in the 1920s. The 1920’s was an age of superheroes like Babe Ruth, Red Grange, and Charles Lindbergh. But perhaps the greatest...