Harry Saxon was the nephew of Cochise County Cowboy Wes Fuller—but he took an entirely different path in life. In 1903, at the age of 21, Saxon was...
Bill Brazelton held up a stage outside Antelope Station, Arizona in September 1877. During the robbery, some wind blew aside his mask and passenger...
Not long ago I received a question from a True West reader asking about Wild Bill Hickok’s death chair. He wondered if the chair hanging above the...
In response to Candy Moulton’s, fine story on Chief Joseph in the Feb-March 2020 issue of True West, a reader wanted to know why the Army didn’t let...
One of the most revered names in the history of the cattle industry in Arizona is the Chiricahua Cattle Company or, as it was known by its brand,...
John Wesley Hardin hit Abilene, Kansas as part of a Texas cattle drive in 1871. The newly installed marshal there was Wild Bill Hickok. Hardin...
Boone Helm was an ingrate—in addition to being a serial killer, a cannibal, and other bad things. In the early 1860s, Helm was in a party headed to...
Mining Camp author Brete Harte wrote: "The ways of a man with a maid are strange, but tame, when compared to a man with a mine when buying or...
There are some interesting coincidences in the Old West. In 1894, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Outlaw was tearing up an El Paso brothel. Constable...
LANDSCAPES, LEGENDS AND LORE. THE REST IS HISTORY IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA. Visit the website at SouthwestMT.com A visit to Southwest Montana is more...
Jesse West was a well-to-do businessman and rancher in Texas and Oklahoma. He and Joe Allen had been partners with Gus Bobbitt in several ventures....
Lew Wallace came to Santa Fe in 1878 to serve as New Mexico territorial governor. He moved into the Palace of Governors, which was in pretty bad...