Jeff Ake was a Texas hard-case. Jeff first ran into trouble in Georgetown in 1868 for disturbing the peace, and later assault and cattle theft. In...
Outlaw Jeff Ake
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Gunman Barney Riggs
Barney Riggs was a gunman of note, with a number of killings in the Southwest to his name between 1874 and 1902. In 1886, he killed Richard Hudson,...
Jim Miller Takes Out a Lawman
Ben Collins was a respected Indian policeman turned deputy U.S. marshal in Oklahoma Territory in the 1890s. In 1903, he shot and crippled Port...
Two Tom Horns in Film
William Goldman may be best known to Western fans as the writer of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Ten years later, in 1979, he wrote a script...
Who Assassinated Orly “Ranger” Jones and John A. Tisdale?
One of the big questions about Wyoming’s Johnson County War: who assassinated Orly “Ranger” Jones and John A. Tisdale? Both were small ranchers,...
The Crazy Legend of Red Ghost
As the story goes, a military commander lashed a camel-shy soldier to the back of a camel and sent him off to learn how to ride. Depending on who is...
Doctor George Goodfellow: Gunshot Physician
The frontier was a great place for a doctor to practice....and that’s what many of them did…..practice. In 1880 Tombstone, a town of 2,000 had a...
Edward Doheny
Daniel Day-Lewis, who recently announced his retirement from acting, won a Best Actor Oscar for 2007’s There Will Be Blood. He starred as Daniel...
Drugs on the Frontier
During the 19th century drugs were widely available and affordable. They were often in greater demand than alcohol. Used for medical treatment they...
Curly Bill Brocius: Before Tombstone
His true name remains a mystery. Some accounts say it was William Brocius Graham while others claim it was William Bresnaham or William Graham but...
The Wild Bunch Often Hung Out at Fannie Porter’s Bordello in Texas. Where was it? Movies Say Fort Worth or San Antonio.
The Wild Bunch often hung out at Fannie Porter’s bordello in Texas. Where was it? Movies say Fort Worth or San Antonio. Terry Priddy - Pipe Creek,...
Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country is considered a classic. The 1962 film—directed by Sam Peckinpah—starred Joel McRea as a washed up marshall hired to protect...