What Drunken Mistake led to the Downfall of the James-Younger Gang? Oh, this is going to be a fun one. You may already know the answer, but not the...
Do you remember the lyrics from a verse in the song, "Old Chisholm Trail," "Bacon and beans most every day, we'll soon be eatin' that prairie hay,...
TEXAS AUGUST 1840 Under the Comanche moon of August 1840, 400 to 1000 warriors under Buffalo Hump cut a swath of destruction on a vengeance ride...
Charles Webb angered the outlaw and paid the price. Brown County (TX) Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb is best known as the last victim of John Wesley...
Eben Stanley was a man of many parts. Eben Stanley won the Medal of Honor in 1873, showing his bravery in a fight with Apache warriors at the Battle...
John Wesley Clanton kept his hands on the plow, not the gun. He’s the forgotten Clanton—John Wesley Clanton, the oldest son of Newman “Old Man”...
The Dodge City “Gang" wasn’t what we think of an outlaw gang like the James Younger Gang. They were euphemistically known as "Luke Short and his...
Was there an understanding among trail drive bosses that no two drives left at the same time? Did trail drives ever intersect and cause a problem as...
For the most part, the women did not want to leave friends, travel some 2,000 miles home and make that trek of several months. Most of it was...
Executed outlaw George Lane’s appendage was nicely displayed. George Lane was nicknamed “Clubfoot” because of a bone deformity. He was in southern...
Kid Curry took his time in avenging his brother’s death. January 1896. The outlaw Logan brothers have a beef with rancher Jim Winters near Landusky,...
A posse trailed outlaw Lonnie Logan back to where he grew up. Lonnie Logan was the younger brother of Harvey Logan—Kid Curry—and rode the outlaw...