The Great Reset Is Upon Us! I enjoyed talking to this young man about history at the Tucson Festival of Books last weekend. The Eagle Has Landed He...
My 15th Annual Tucson Festival of Books Recap
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Amber And The Pursuit of Dust to Dust
Amber And The Pursuit of Dust to Dust March 19, 2025 As you may know I carry a sketchbook with me everywhere I go and often sketch random...
The Apache Kid Escapes
Two lawmen die in the incident. November 2, 1889. Two lawmen are transferring nine prisoners--including the Apache Kid (photo)--from Globe, Arizona...
A Brother’s Vengeance
Will McLaury joins the OK Corral prosecution. November 4, 1881. Texas lawyer Will McLaury--the brother of Tom and Frank McLaury--is sworn in as...
The Jailing of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday
A big moment in the OK Corral hearing. November 7, 1881--day eight of the OK Corral hearing. Judge Wells Spicer revokes the bail of Wyatt Earp and...
A Hanging Gone Wrong
Bill Longley meets his maker. October 11, 1878. Outlaw Bill Longley meets his maker after being hanged in Giddings, Texas. Longley boasted that he'd...
A Bold Breakout
Harry Tracy escapes a Utah prison. October 8, 1897. Harry Tracy (photo) and Dave Lant escape from the Utah penitentiary, where they are doing time...
Death of a Legend
Virgil Earp passes at age 62. October 19, 1905. Virgil Earp dies in Goldfield, Nevada at the age of 62. He had pneumonia and had been in poor health...
A Devotion to Service
A teacher/town marshal gave his all for Coffeyville. Charlie Connelly was a teacher in Coffeyville, Kansas in the early 1890s. Reports say he was...
Put Down the Guns
Wild Bill’s last gunfight was tragic. October 5, 1871. Wild Bill Hickok's last gunfight. The shootist is marshal of Abilene, Kansas. He hears a shot...
The First Train Robbery
…took place in Seymour, Indiana just after the Civil War. The evening of October 6, 1866. Three men--Simeon Reno, John Reno and Frank Sparks (latter...
A Bawdy House Battle
A lawman loses out—in the fight and the courtroom. Tom Logan was a respected lawman in Tonopah, NV (photo, seated left). But on April 7, 1906 he was...