Hyman Neill—better known as Hoodoo Brown—was the driving force in Las Vegas, New Mexico from 1879-1880. He became justice of the peace. And then...
The Brief Rule Of Brown Hoodoo ran Las Vegas, NM—until people stood up.
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Miller Couldn’t Scare Them Off An assassination didn’t have its intended impact.
Lawyer James Jarrott was an entrepreneur, using state laws to acquire rights to a large amount of land in the Llano Estacado in northwest Texas. In...
The Town Tamer James Dodson kept a lid on Prescott, Arizona
Prescott, Arizona—unlike so many other Old West towns—was pretty peaceful during the frontier period. Much of the credit goes to James Dodson, who...
Wagons That Won The West Most covered wagons used in the westward expansion was farm wagons with canvas tops.
Prairie Schooners Most covered wagons used in the westward expansion was farm wagons with canvas tops. Emigrants traveling on the Oregon and...
Wagons That Won The West: Conestoga Wagons The Conestoga wagon was large, heavy and built to haul loads up to six tons.
Conestoga Wagons The Conestoga wagon was large, heavy and built to haul loads up to six tons. Built by the Pennsylvania Dutch along the Conestoga...
Wagons That Won The West: Murphy Wagons He also learned how to build a quality wagon.
Murphy Wagons Joseph Murphy arrived in America from Ireland when he was thirteen, arriving in St. Louis where he apprenticed with a wagon-maker to...
Justice For A Sporting Man – One Way Or Another Charles Cora got a hung jury, followed by a hanging
November 17, 1855. Sporting man Charles Cora brutally murders an unarmed US Marshal William Richardson in San Francisco. The two had some previous...
The Truth Will Out John Behan helped fund the prosecution of the Earps and Holliday.
Mid-November 1881. Sheriff John Behan testifies at the Earp-Holliday hearing into the OK Corral shootout. Under cross-examination, he has a fair...
Louis L’Amour L’Amour made you feel like you were sitting around a campfire listening to a good storyteller.
I met Louis L’Amour at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City back about 1980. He was a gracious and kind man. He’d lived quite an...
Get Your West On In Carbon County, Wyoming! Sponsored by Carbon County, Wyoming.
From the Rockies to the Tetons, Wyoming is an expanse of unparalleled natural adventure. However beautiful the body of Wyoming is, no territory...
Branding The history of one of the West's most iconic symbols!
Branding of livestock dates all the way back to the Egyptians to around 2,700B.C. It spread to Europe in the Middle Ages and was introduced in...
Witness For The Defense Wyatt Earp watched as others shot it out.
Wyatt Earp was actually a witness to a big gunfight. It was April 14, 1885 at the Gem Saloon in El Paso. Earp and fellow Vendetta rider Dan Tipton...