Henry Comstock gave his name to the biggest silver strike in US history, the Comstock Lode of Nevada. In one sense he w…
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Fact Vs. Fiction: The Truth about the Calamitous Martha Jane Canary Often times the truth can be better than fiction. That’s not the case with Martha Jane Canary.
Recently I was scrolling through my photo files and ran across a photo of Miss Doris Day from her 1953 musical hit, Cala…
The Doctor is in…and Out Scurlock found a way to escape Lincoln County.
Josiah “Doc” Scurlock was a major player in the Lincoln County War. And he was in the region even before, going to work…
A Silver Strike by an Other Name The Grosh boys just couldn’t get a break after discovering silver.
The largest silver strike in US history could have been the Grosh Lode. In 1857, the Grosh brothers discovered silver i…
Gunfight at Cherry Creek Historians disagree on who was inside the solid-walled cabin that day.
On September 2nd, 1887, Jim Roberts, along with several members of the Tewksbury family, were at the Lower Tewksbury Ran…
The Last Days of the Pleasant Valley War By mid-September Pleasant Valley War was making national news...
By mid-September Pleasant Valley War was making national news and lawmen from the Yavapai County seat at Prescott were m…
End of the Line Train robbers Evans and Sontag met their match at Stone Corral.
California train robbers Chris Evans and John Sontag had evaded posses for four months, through six fights. But they we…
The Knife Didn’t Cut A man failed to kill Robert Ford.
Robert Ford received threats after killing Jesse James in 1881. People didn’t like that he’d shot the outlaw in the bac…
Death for a Killer The man who killed the man who killed Jesse James met a bad end.
Ed O’Kelley is best known for killing Jesse James’ assassin Robert Ford in 1892. After O’Kelley did 10 years in the Colo…
The Aftermath of the Pleasant Valley War Feuds and bad blood don’t die easily...
The “war proper,” as they called it, was over; however, assassinations and lynching’s would continue for quite some time…