On the morning on March 10th, 1856, a long caravan of two-wheeled careta’s pulled by oxen began moving south down the dusty road towards Tubac. The...
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A Pall to Bear
So the question is: Did Wyatt Earp need pallbearers at his funeral in 1929? After all, his remains were cremated. It wouldn’t take six men to carry...
A Rash Decision
Matt Rash came to Colorado’s Brown’s Park in the 1890s to start his own ranch. It ended up costing him his life. Rash ran afoul of Ora Haley, a...
Washington Steps in–Almost
Things were way out of hand in Cochise County, Arizona Territory in early 1882. Morgan Earp was assassinated by unknown gunmen while playing pool...
Curly Bill Brocius
The outlaws of Cochise County during the 1880s were a hard breed and the fact that Curly Bill was one of their leaders says something of his...
A Drive for the Birds
Henry Hooker is best known as a major cattleman in Southeast Arizona during the Earp-Cow-boy times. But before that, he tried a different venture....
Shipping Cattle to Market by Rail
Have you ever watched those trail driving movies and wondered what happened after the cattle were delivered to the railhead at Abilene, Dodge City...
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...