Recently I was scrolling through my photo files and ran across a photo of Miss Doris Day from her 1953 musical hit, Cala…
Did Old West Shooters have Problems with Overheated Gun Barrels?
Did Old West shooters have problems with overheated gun barrels? James White Goliad, Texas “If you are having to resort …
What were Old West Hotels like?
What were Old West hotels like? Jim Jennings Amarillo, Texas Frontier hotels varied from flea- and bedbug-infested lodgi…
Gunfight at Cherry Creek Historians disagree on who was inside the solid-walled cabin that day.
On September 2nd, 1887, Jim Roberts, along with several members of the Tewksbury family, were at the Lower Tewksbury Ran…
The Last Days of the Pleasant Valley War By mid-September Pleasant Valley War was making national news...
By mid-September Pleasant Valley War was making national news and lawmen from the Yavapai County seat at Prescott were m…
How Many People Died During the Indian Wars?
How many people died during the Indian Wars? Paul Gortarez Phoenix, Arizona Considering the isolated skirmishes and unre…
The Aftermath of the Pleasant Valley War Feuds and bad blood don’t die easily...
The “war proper,” as they called it, was over; however, assassinations and lynching’s would continue for quite some time…
Gunfight at Rock Springs The Tewksbury's and Roberts watched soberly as the Graham's tossed the bodies of the dead into a crevasse and threw rocks and dirt on top.
September, 1887 had been deadly a month in the Pleasant Valley War. On the morning of the second Graham partisans includ…
Shootout at the Middleton Ranch Andy Cooper quickly saw the lucrative opportunities in the business of stealing livestock in Arizona.
Mart “Old Man” Blevins and his family arrived in the Pleasant Valley area from Texas around 1886. He and his sons, John,…
Opening Shots in Arizona’s Pleasant Valley War Jim Stinson had enough of the “troubles” in Pleasant Valley.
The Pleasant Valley War had its beginnings around 1880 when a man named Jim Stinson moved a large herd of cattle into Pl…