The first white men to venture “across the wide Missouri” were awed by the breathtaking sight of the majestic Rocky Mountains that loomed on the...
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Another Notch for Sundance
The Wild Bunch rider killed a policeman in South America. It appears that Butch Cassidy (seated right) and the Sundance Kid (seated left) got into...
Tom Fitch and the Pleasant Valley War
The famed attorney got an accused murderer off. Attorney Tom Fitch is best known for defending the Earps and Doc Holliday at the so-called OK Corral...
Fake News on Doc Holliday
Papers said he died in a Texas gunfight. It’s a lesser-known gunfight in the life of Doc Holliday. He was gambling in the West Texas town of...
Demise of the Wild Bunch
By the early 1900s, the law was closing in and Butch Cassidy was beginning to feel the pressure. The cattle industry was big in Argentina and with...
The Folk Bandit
The folk bandit was perceived as one battling against the moneyed interests and they were popular among the common folks. It was said they robbed...
The Last Battle of the Indian Wars
One of those post-Indian Wars gunfights, almost lost in history, occurred in northern Arizona on November 11th, 1899, long after the Indian Wars had...
A Fatal Fling
Young John Selman’s attempted elopement led to his father’s death. John Selman, Jr.’s attempted elopement probably led to his father’s death. The...
John Selman and His Terrible Scouts
They ravaged New Mexico in the late 1870s. John Selman is known for killing gunfighter John Wesley Hardin. But he had a sordid reputation well...
Death of an Outlaw
Lawman Bass Outlaw got into one fight too many. In 1894, Bass Outlaw was a deputy U.S. marshal—a former Texas Ranger, fired for habitual...
Belles of Boomtown
Female performers who played in the rough-hewn mining camp theaters had an edge on their male counterparts simply because they were women. That...
Demise of the Wild Bunch
By the early 1900s, the law was closing in and Butch Cassidy was beginning to feel the pressure. The cattle industry was big in Argentina and with...