Perhaps Lincoln County (NM) Sheriff William Brady’s biggest headache in office was getting a jail. When he took office in 1869, prisoners were held...
Regulators And The Rope Some New Mexico outlaws sought their own justice.
Several members of The Regulators were in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, well before the famed war. Among them: Doc Scurlock, Charlie...
Do This, Don’t Do That The code of the West: more suggestions than rules.
Was there a real “code of the West”? The simple answer is, no. Although Zane Grey featured one in his 1934 novel of the same name, there was no...
Electioneering, Little Arch-style Clement made sure Democrats won in 1866
Little Arch Clement was just 18 when he took command of a Confederate guerilla unit upon the death of Bloody Bill Anderson. In February 1866—with...
Burying Bloody Bill No respect for Anderson’s remains
Bloody Bill Anderson got little respect in death. The Confederate guerilla died in battle on October 26, 1864. Union troops set his body up for...
Burn ‘em Out Bloody Bill Anderson avenged his father’s death.
In 1862, William T. Anderson lived up to his “Bloody Bill” nickname. Anderson’s father had been shot dead by a judge in Council Grove, Iowa. Bill...
Jake Snively Jake Snively is relatively unknown in Arizona history today but for a time he was one of its most important citizens...
Jake Snively is relatively unknown in Arizona history today but for a time he was one of its most important citizens. He came west to Texas in 1835,...
Gunfight At Big Hat Arizona Fact or fiction?
The New York Tribune published, on March 26th, 1893 a story describing a gunfight in Big Hat, Arizona. Two prominent citizens meeting to settle a...
Roughing It Royalty Style In the early 1850’s Sir George Gore, a British nobleman, bestowed with enormous wealth and a thirst for adventure, decided to go on a hunting expedition in the wild American West...
In the early 1850’s Sir George Gore, a British nobleman, bestowed with enormous wealth and a thirst for adventure, decided to go on a hunting...
Art During Pandemics: Then and Now COVID-19 has put the American West art world in a new nightmare.
The time: November 1918 to January 1919 during the Spanish influenza pandemic. The place: Great Falls, Montana. The artist: Charles M. Russell. The...
Mesquite Isn’t Finished Yet Sponsored by the City of Mesquite
The Mesquite Championship Rodeo has been going strong all summer long. The event started in June and will continue through the end of August,...
Lawmen And The Role Of The Bondsman What was the role of the bondsman with an elected sheriff?
A bondsman is a person who provides bond or surety for another. A bondsman is a person who provides bond or surety for another. In the...