It’s not clear just what her name was—she’s gone down in history as Pretty Juanita, but she may have been Josefa Segovia. She and her boyfriend...
Hanging Pretty Juanita The only woman ever hanged in California.
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Fannin At Goliad Facing overwhelming odds, though, Fannin and his troops surrendered the next day.
In early February 1836, James Fannin sailed from Velasco and landed at Copano with four companies of the Georgia Battalion, moving to join a small...
Brawling Broads Of Boom Town Competition between madams was especially keen out in the west Texas town of El Paso
Competition between madams was especially keen out in the west Texas town of El Paso where Redheaded Etta “Grasshopper” Clark and “Big Alice” Abbott...
The Donner Party Disaster The tragedy that befell the Donner Party in 1846 outranks them all ...
I don't know if anyone recorded the number of dishonest wagon masters, but in the hundreds of wagon trains heading to Oregon or California there...
A Will For Payback A McLaury brother wants to get the Earps and Holliday—any way he can.
Will McLaury is in Tombstone in November 1881. He’s joined the prosecution, trying to hang the Earps and Doc Holliday for the OK Corral shootout. ...
Henry Plummer And The Not So Innocents Handsome Henry Plummer was a ladies man, lawman and politician in California during the Gold Rush. He was also crooked as a dog’s hind leg.
The big gold strikes at Bannack in 1862; Alder Gulch in 1863, which late became Virginia City; Last Chance Gulch in 1864, which became Helena and...
The Wayward Lawman Something pushed Burt Alvord to the wrong side of the law.
Burt Alvord seemed headed down the righteous path in Tombstone and Cochise County. In 1886, at age 19, he was hired as a deputy sheriff by John...
Doc Comes To Town Holliday is called to Tombstone—and infamy.
On October 21, 1881, Wyatt Earp sends brother Morgan to Tucson to bring Doc Holliday back to Tombstone. Ostensibly, Doc is to calm Ike Clanton, who...
Leaving Town? Evidence indicates the McLaurys were headed out just before the gunfight.
October 20, 1881, Cowboy Tom McLaury comes to Tombstone from his ranch. He and his brother likely have sold their cattle herd; Tom deposits nearly...
Suits Of Armor Did Killin’ Jim Miller get the idea of wearing body armor from Ned Kelly?
The question was: Did Killin’ Jim Miller get the idea of wearing body armor from Ned Kelly? It’s hard to say whether or not Jim Miller was emulating...
A Husband Wanted By a lady who can wash, cook, scour, sew, milk, spin, weave, hoe, cut wood, make fires, feed the pigs, raise chickens, rock the cradle, saw a plank, drive nails, etc.
Some women seeking a husband did not leave matters to chance but spelled out their intentions and requirements in newspaper notices. One such...
How Many Men Did Jesse James Kill Trying to count Jesse’s kill total isn’t really possible.
A question came in a few days ago from a reader wanting to know how many men did Jesse kill? Trying to count Jesse’s kill total during the war – it...