In 1857 the San Antonio and San Diego stagecoaches, better-known as the “Jackass Mail” because in the desert a few miles…
The Train Robbers By the 1890's train robberies were big business in the West.
By the 1890’s train robberies were big business in the West. At one point trains were being robbed on an average o…
When did Navajos Arrive in Arizona?
When did Navajos arrive in Arizona? Dr. James Collins Portland, Oregon In July 1960, scientists tested tree rings on a N…
Cavalry Horses Based on all the available evidence, the ordered “massacre” of some 500 cavalry mounts in 1934 never occurred.
In 1995, a movie with actor, Don Johnson, called In Pursuit of Honor. It tells the purported true story of Army in the …
A Historical Photo Shows a group of Cowboys with Pipes Upside Down in their Mouths. What’s that About?
A historical photo shows a group of cowboys with pipes upside down in their mouths. What’s that about? Irv Ferguson Cool…
Why Did Wagon Drivers Sit on the Right Side Did you know that today only about a quarter of the world drives on the left side of the road?
Traditionally buggy drivers sat on the right because most were right handed and the whip could be wielded without possib…
Raid at Ash Fork It is well known that nothing in New York, Chicago or anywhere else in the East is worse than the sporting district of Ash Fork.
June 1st, 1912 the Tucson Arizona Daily Star wrote: PRESCOTT – “Ash Fork is today as innocent as a newborn babe; she is …
Wes Hardin’s Child Bride: One of the Old West’s Shortest Marriages The marriage lasted only five days before the bride headed for home.
John Wesley Hardin was released on February 17th, 1894 after serving more than fifteen and a half years of a twenty-five…
Did Wyatt Earp own any Saloons in Alaska?
Did Wyatt Earp own any saloons in Alaska? Brett Carls Prescott Valley, Arizona I just re-read Ann Kirschner’s True West …
Whatever Happened to Big Nose Kate? She did her best to hide her past by weaving a web of tall tales and eventually got into the Pioneer Home in Prescott.
After Mary Katherine Horony got drunk and falsely implicated Doc the Benson stage robbery on March 15th, 1881 things wer…