Nellie Cashman’s many requests for donations to charitable causes brought her in contact with cowboys, miners, gamblers,…
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Nellie Cashman, A Single Mother of Five Children: Part 3 Nellie Cashman was the quintessential gold mining stampeder.
Nellie Cashman was the quintessential gold mining stampeder. For more than fifty years she combed the mining camps of th…
A Shallow Faith Tombstone’s first priest strayed from the path.
Father Emanuel Schneider became the first priest at Tombstone’s Sacred Heart Church in January 1881. He lasted just six…
Nellie Cashman, The Real McCoy: Part 4 Nellie Cashman had the “Luck of the Irish,” to go along with a keen knowledge of geology and business.
Nellie Cashman had the “Luck of the Irish,” to go along with a keen knowledge of geology and business. She’d arrive whe…
A Hot Ticket The S.S. California was in demand during the Gold Rush.
The S.S. California was built in 1848 to take mail and passengers from Panama to California. But its services grew in d…
A Storm is Coming Gunman Charlie Storms made a mark across the West.
Charlie Storms is best known as an Old West gambler and gunfighter who came up on the short end of a shootout with Luke …
Navajo and Apache Massacre Cave at Canyon Diablo After the massacre, the Apaches never raided the Navajo people again.
When a group of Apaches raided a Navajo encampment near the Little Colorado River in 1878 and killed all but three peopl…
Nellie Cashman, The Story of a Real Life Dime Novel Heroine: Part 1 A restless adventurer, Nellie ranged the Old West for more than fifty years prospecting for gold.
Many men and women came west in the 19th century to pan out that dream of getting rich; a few did but most didn’t, but n…
The Deadliest Younger John put several notches on his pistol.
John Younger was the youngest of the “fighting Youngers”—but he was the deadliest. He killed his first man at age 15. I…
All the World’s a Stage Jack Langrishe was more than an actor and theater owner.
Jack Langrishe was an actor and comedian in the Old West. He set up a theater in Deadwood, DT which also served as a chu…