Baldy Green was either the unluckiest stage driver in the Sierra Nevadas—or the most corrupt. He drove the route between Virginia City, Nevada and...
Baldy Gives It Up A stagecoach driver was the ongoing target of bandits.
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Staying With His Wagon John Braden sacrificed himself for others.
John Braden was an old-time stagecoach driver. In 1896, at age 74, he was in Albuquerque, driving a wagon filled with fireworks for the annual...
A Death Row Conversion Bill Longley tried to improve his chances of making his maker.
Bill Longley was a killer who tried to change at the last minute. The Texas hard-case claimed to have killed 32 men between 1868 and 1877 (the real...
Joe’s Mule “Anybody who’s ever tried to put a braid in a mule’s tale knows a thing or two more about the process than someone who hasn’t."
Old timers used to say, “Anybody who’s ever tried to put a braid in a mule’s tale knows a thing or two more about the process than someone who...
A Bloody Day At The Chandler Ranch It was said of Hunt, “He would do to go tiger hunting with.”
According to Cochise County Deputy Sheriff, Billy Breakenridge, Zwing Hunt, was one of the worst outlaws in that hell-for-leather county. Absolutely...
Asa Mercer And “Go West Young Woman” He got ambitious and decided to import 1,000 marriageable women. He didn't quite succeed in getting that many, but...
Asa Mercer was a "marriage arranger." He was from New England and went out to Seattle where he noticed a severe shortage of marriageable women. So...
A Two-Fisted Lawman Jeff Mynatt used his guns and more in the line of duty (and beyond).
Jeff Mynatt spent much of his adult life in law enforcement. He was a deputy U.S. marshal in Indian Territory, a lawman in various Texas locales,...
Shooting At Siringo A rustling investigation nearly cost the Cowboy Detective.
Patrick Coghlan owned a cattle ranch in the Three Rivers area of New Mexico. Lawmen, including the legendary Charlie Siringo (photo), found some...
Outlaw Turned Lawman Turned Outlaw The strange tale of Ben Sippy.
Ben Sippy is best known as the man who beat Virgil Earp in the election for Tombstone marshal in 1880—and then suddenly (and somewhat mysteriously)...
Smoke Signals Unlike sign language, smoke signals aimed to send a secret message
Did you ever wonder if the Indians could send messages by smoke signals (as in Morse code) or if they only meant something specific that was agreed...
When Did The Civil War Really Begin? “He who controls the mouth of the Mississippi River controls the West.”
In 1784, Spain, looking from her outposts in Louisiana and Florida, watched America’s growing western frontier with a menacing eye and made a...
Mining Camp Law A white man from Tennessee arrived in the California gold camps with 3 slaves
A white man from Tennessee arrived in the California gold camps with 3 slaves. He put them to work while he rested in town. This didn’t set well...