Ewen Cameron survived the Black Bean Episode, but not for long. A group of Texians had tried to invade Mexico in 1843. They failed and most were...
A Temporary Reprieve Ewen Cameron escaped the firing squad…for awhile.
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Telephone Service To Tombstone By the time telephone line was strung, the Earp’s already left Tombstone.
During an interview with John Flood in the 1920s, Wyatt Earp stated he received a phone call from Bob Paul in Benson following the attempted...
Get A Job A feudist meets his end in odd fashion.
Phillip “Doboy” Taylor was involved in Texas’ Sutton-Taylor Feud. In 1867, he and his brother Jack participated in a gunfight in which two soldiers...
An Ageless Pioneer Zadock Woods gave his life fighting for Texas.
Zadock Woods was a true Western pioneer. Born in Massachusetts in 1773, he and his family moved to Missouri around 1802. He fought with Andrew...
Private John Teal Makes a Stand The standoff lasted for about an hour when one unusually large Apache rode up close. Teal took careful aim and fired, sending a bullet into the huge midsection of the warrior. Suddenly, the Apache lost interest in Teal and rushed to the aid of their fallen comrade...
During the Battle at Apache Pass the Apache warriors had built a breast work of rocks on two hills just east of the Butterfield Stage Station,...
When Cowboys Became Ostrich Boys With a head-em-up, move-em-out and a yippie-ti-yi-yay, cowboys, became ostrich boys, were actually driving herds of ostriches...
One of the most unusual yet lucrative types of ranching came into fashion in the late 1800s. With a head-em-up, move-em-out and a yippie-ti-yi-yay,...
Drilling Contests For the hard-rock miners, the most popular contest of all was single-jack and double-jack drilling...
Among the popular forms or recreation that took up what little free time the hard-rock miners had included baseball, wrestling and boxing. A miner’s...
Uncover Big History in Southeast Montana Sponsored by Visit Southeast Montana
Out here history lies in the badlands, prairies and rivers that flow through Southeast Montana. Visit Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument...
Making The Law Lew Cooley was arrested for breaking a law that didn’t exist.
Lew Cooley was a stage driver and friend of the Earps in southeast Arizona. In mid-April 1882, he boarded an eastbound train in Benson—and met with...
A Texas Hero Gon Woods fought and died to settle the territory.
Henry Gonzalvo “Gon” Woods was a Texas hero. He fought in the Revolution. He was an early Texas Ranger. He was one of two survivors of the Dawson...
Thy Brother’s Keeper Comanche Jack Stilwell’s effort to discover why Frank was killed.
A few weeks after Wyatt Earp and the Vendetta Posse killed Frank Stilwell at the Tucson depot in March 1882, the dead man’s brother “Comanche Jack”...
Love? And Marriage The Spences and their role in the Morgan Earp murder.
For Pete Spence, marriage was a godsend of sorts. He was accused in the March 18, 1882 assassination of Morgan Earp in Tombstone. Spence’s wife...