The Horrell brothers were raising hell around Lampasas, Texas in 1873. In January, they shot and killed the county sheriff. On March 19, seven...
The Hell-raising Horrells The clan was too much for Lampasas lawmen.
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The Under The Bed Shootout A Tombstone fight like no other.
A 1908 gunfight was one of the most unusual in Tombstone’s history. On June 20, Marcello Mendez shot a woman three times in a local house. The...
A Full Plate Lawman Jacob Owens had a lot going—but not much success.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Jacob Owens had a busy year. On April 6, 1871 he arrested Wyatt Earp in the Cherokee Nation for stealing horses. Earp later...
The Babocomari Ranch Situated along the creek for some twenty miles and bearing the same name, the Babocomari was one of the most ideally situated of all the Mexican land grants...
Situated along the creek for some twenty miles and bearing the same name, the Babocomari was one of the most ideally situated of all the Mexican...
George Turnbull Cline In a family that produced some of the best cowboys that ever sat a saddle, one man achieved legendary status...
They used to say if you could hold a job cowboying in the Tonto Basin you could cowboy anywhere in the West. In 1874, the Christian Christopher...
Early California Gold Camps Those early California gold camps with their boardwalks and muddy streets, false-front buildings and tent dwellings were as vivacious at their names implied...
Those early California gold camps with their boardwalks and muddy streets, false-front buildings and tent dwellings were as vivacious at their names...
April Fools! The Reno Gang played a trick on the Pinkertons.
Indiana outlaw Frank Reno and two of his gang members were in a Council Bluffs, Iowa jail at the end of March 1868. They had robbed three county...
Empire Ranch In time the Empire became one of the largest cattle operations in the entire Southwest. At the height of operations, the ranch was running 50,000...
Cattle were first introduced to the land that would become the Empire Ranch back in 1699 when the legendary Jesuit padre Father Eusebio Kino brought...
27 Eggs Big Foot Wallace fueled up on a long trip.
William “Big Foot” Wallace is a Texas legend. He fought Mexicans and Indians. He was a Texas Ranger. In spite of all of his dangerous adventures,...
Yuma Plank Road One of the most unusual roadways in the West was the famed Plank Road west of Yuma...
One of the most unusual roadways in the West was the famed Plank Road west of Yuma. Built in 1916 out of wooden planks, it crossed the White Sand...
Rangers To The Rescue In the summer of 1882 a number of Apaches rallied around a leader named Na-ti-o-tish and went on a spree in the Tonto Basin...
In the summer of 1882 a number of Apaches rallied around a leader named Na-ti-o-tish and went on a spree in the Tonto Basin. From the town of Globe...
The Grave And The Brewery The fascinating tale of Texas’ Monument Hill
Monument Hill near La Grange, Texas is an interesting story. The remains of Texians killed by Mexicans in the Black Bean Episode and the Dawson...