One of the most unusual yet lucrative types of ranching came into fashion in the late 1800s. With a head-em-up, move-em-out and a yippie-ti-yi-yay,...
Among the popular forms or recreation that took up what little free time the hard-rock miners had included baseball, wrestling and boxing. A miner’s...
Out here history lies in the badlands, prairies and rivers that flow through Southeast Montana. Visit Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument...
Lew Cooley was a stage driver and friend of the Earps in southeast Arizona. In mid-April 1882, he boarded an eastbound train in Benson—and met with...
Henry Gonzalvo “Gon” Woods was a Texas hero. He fought in the Revolution. He was an early Texas Ranger. He was one of two survivors of the Dawson...
A few weeks after Wyatt Earp and the Vendetta Posse killed Frank Stilwell at the Tucson depot in March 1882, the dead man’s brother “Comanche Jack”...
For Pete Spence, marriage was a godsend of sorts. He was accused in the March 18, 1882 assassination of Morgan Earp in Tombstone. Spence’s wife...
At Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, walk the hills and ravines where brave warriors and soldiers clashed and the U.S. 7th Cavalry,...
Montana’s Missouri River Country is overflowing with pioneer and cultural history. Lewis and Clark roamed this vast landscape, covering nearly 330...
David Janin was one of the foremost mining engineers in the United States and his presence should have given credibility to the scheme. However, he...
John Doherty was the former sheriff of Mora County, New Mexico. On December 9, 1893, he was in his home office when an assassin shot and killed him...
James Allen is best known for a March 2, 1880 incident at the St. Nicholas Hotel in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Working as a waiter, he shot to death a...