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...

Those early California Gold camps with their boardwalks, muddy streets, false-front buildings and tent houses were as vivacious as their names...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jim Flynn is a forgotten man in Old West history, for the most part.  But on January 17, 1882, he pulled off a major feat by arresting three big...

On August 30, 1882, a couple of masked robbers found a way to maximize their efforts.  They held up the Black Canyon stagecoach that was traveling...

During time of war, special volunteer groups have always captured the fancy of the American public, often to the chagrin of regular military units,...

Dick Lloyd was one of the Cochise County Cow-boys, a tough guy with a hair trigger.  But he rode into trouble in March 1881. Drunk, feisty and just...

The drama began on October 13th,  when a Kiowa and Comanche war party of several hundred swept down to where Elm Creek joins the Brazos River, about...