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...
Electioneering, Little Arch-style Clement made sure Democrats won in 1866
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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...
The Audit That Nixed Nix E.D. Nix was fired as US marshal—based on a wrong accounting.
Evett Dumas Nix was only 32—and with basically no law enforcement experience—when he was named US Marshal of Oklahoma Territory in 1893. He led the...
Pastor John Clum? The Tombstone stalwart nearly became a minister.
Except for illness, Tombstone mayor and Epitaph founder John Clum might have walked a very different road. After finishing prep school, he decided...
John Clum, All-American He played in one of the first college football games.
John Clum briefly made his mark in the world of college football. In November 1870, he was on the Rutgers squad that lost to Princeton 6-2; it may...