Indiana’s Reno Gang carried out a crime wave across the Midwest in the years after the Civil War. Train robbery, counterfeiting, burglary and...
Indiana’s Reno Gang
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Joe Walker Mountain Man, Scout and Explorer
Joseph Rutherford Walker one of America's greatest of the mountain men, scouts and trailblazers; right up there with Carson, Smith, Fitzpatrick and...
Michael Gambon’s Western Moment
Michael Gambon is best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in six of the Harry Potter movies. But in 2003, the year before he took over that role,...
Blood On The Canvas
New evidence appears to show that Vincent van Gogh did not commit suicide in July of 1890, but, in fact, was shot by a Buffalo Bill wannabe and...
Inspired by Deadly Work
In spring 1913, famed writer Zane Grey spent several days with Texas Rangers in El Paso. Grey heard plenty of stories that he incorporated into his...
It Happened in Globe
Globe was one of the Old West’s richest mining camps. It also produced some famous Arizona people including its first governor, George W. P. Smith...
Forgotten Old West Character: Bose Ikard
Bose Ikard is a forgotten Old West characters—and shouldn’t be. Born a slave in Mississippi in 1843, Ikard’s owner moved his operation to Texas in...
The Bombing of Naco
Few people realize it but the world’s first aerial combat took place near the Arizona-Mexican border. During frequent revolutions in Mexico during...
Bad Medicine
In the spring of 1874, medicine man Isa-tai (translates as “Wolf’s Vulva”) convinced 250 Kiowas, Commanches and Southern Cheyenne that White Man...
Bill Hickman
Bill Hickman was an early follower of and bodyguard for Mormon founder Joseph Smith in 1839. After the move to Utah, Hickman became a sheriff,...
The Coolest Guy in the Room
Paul Cool was just that: cool. The coolest. And that went beyond the Old West field. Oh, he was the coolest there, for sure. Cool was an...
Entertainment and the Arts
Back in the days before radio, movies and television, lectures were a popular form of entertainment in Arizona communities. They ranged from...