Have you ever watched those trail driving movies and wondered what happened after the cattle were delivered to the railhead at Abilene, Dodge City...
Shipping Cattle to Market by Rail
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A Race for The Copper Queen
In the spring of 1877, a government scout named Jack Dunn was winding his way down what later became known as Tombstone Canyon in southeastern...
Fame, Fortune and a Snowball’s Chance in Hell
In the summer of 1882, Cibecue Apaches were smoldering over the U.S. Army killing Medicine Man Nockaydetklinne the previous year. That July, roughly...
A Hero One Day, A Victim Another
Sgt. Emanuel Stance was a hero, the first Buffalo Soldier to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor. He led a patrol against a group of Apaches in...
Don’t Mess with the Lady
Gladys Johnson Sims and ex-husband Ed Sims (photo) were in the middle of a Texas-sized custody battle over their two daughters. They both came to...
The Riches of Cleopatra Hill
Nestled on the slopes of the cone-shaped Cleopatra Hill, Jerome was once the third largest city in Arizona and the pride of the territory. She was a...
A Running Fight
Jesse Evans and his gang acted like they were headed to Mexico in early July 1880. But it was a fake, trying to fool the law. The outlaws turn and...
California Gold Camps
Those early California Gold camps with their boardwalks, muddy streets, false-front buildings and tent houses were as vivacious as their names...
Welcome to Southwest Montana
In Montana's southwest corner, breathtaking crags pierce the bluest sky you’ll ever see. Vast flocks of trumpeter swans splash down on the emerald...
Arizona Pioneers’ Home: A Place for the Old-Timers
The Arizona Pioneers’ Home was unique when it opened in 1911. It was intended to care for old-timers who had no other place to go. They had to...
SS California: Shipping for Gold
The SS California was launched in May 1848. It had been on the drawing boards for some time, and government subsidies helped make it possible. It...
Death for Dilda
In 1885, Dennis Dilda was running a farm in Yavapai County, Arizona Territory. A man named Jenkins was also living there; Dilda killed him for no...