Smallpox was the scourge of the West, especially to the Indians. It attacked whole tribes and left few survivors. It has afflicted Native Americans...
From 1949 to the late 1960s there were over 100 western series that aired on the networks. Although Gunsmoke was my favorite, every time I watch or...
John Sontag had a particular reason for becoming an outlaw: revenge. He was working on the Southern Pacific in 1888 when his leg was crushed as he...
Roy Gardner was long on guts and short on memory. He took $187,000 during a May 1921 robbery of a train just outside Sacramento. The next morning,...
November 5, 1870. A group of outlaws held up a train just outside Verdi, Nevada, in the first train stickup on the Pacific Coast. They made off...
Will Carver was in a mood for revenge. The Wild Bunch rider was back in his home digs of San Angelo, Texas in early 1901. He discovered that Rufe...
They varied widely from flea and bedbug-infested abodes to elaborate. The rooms were small compared to what we’re used to today and the walls were...
Wild Bill Hickok was arguably the greatest shootist of them all. His skill as a marksman with a six-gun, even considering embellishments, can't be...
Long before the Euro-Americans arrived Indian tribes were constantly at war with one another. Captives were often put to death. While being...
Joseph “Mack” Axford was a colorful character of Arizona. In the late 1890s, he worked the WS Ranch near Tucson with Butch Cassidy and Elzy Lay...
Founded in 1867, Fort Concho's long, rich history is what earned it the title of National Historic Landmark. You may have heard of the historic...
On June 24, 1897, Tom O’Day was supposed to hold the horses as members of the Hole-in-the-Wall gang tried to rob a bank in Belle Fourche, South...