Windy Cahill becomes the first victim of Billy. August 17, 1877. Henry McCarty, also known as Henry Antrim, later known as Billy the Kid, kills his...
The Kid’s First Kill
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A Shootist is Shot
Wes Hardin goes the way he lived… August 19, 1895. Famed gunfighter John Wesley Hardin is throwing dice in El Paso's Acme Saloon. John Selman walks...
A Hickok Distraction
Wild Bill uses a ruse to kill Bill Mulvey. August 22, 1869. Tough nut Bill Mulvey is hurrahing Hays City, KS, firing his pistol in violation of town...
Little Big Andy
Probably the last time anyone called him “Little Andy” was at about three years of age. He was a big man not just in stature but in heart and soul....
Fred Fritz and the Grizzly
The rugged country along the Coronado Trail was the last refuge of Arizona’s Grizzly bears. A story is told about a camp cook who was charged by...
Tales of AZ Route 666: The Devil’s Highway
The Coronado Trail was named in 1926 for the Spanish explorer and conquistador, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado who passed through the area in 1540 in...
A Land of Anomalies and Tamales
Arizonans like to call this place a land of anomalies and tamales because of the contrasts and contradictions that make the Grand Canyon State...
The Hashknife
The arrival of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in 1881 opened up the virgin grasslands of northern Arizona to large scale cattle ranching. The...
The Army Corps of Topographical Engineers
The United States secured its “Manifest Destiny” in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe ending the Mexican War. Mexico agreed to give up its claim to...
Epic Stories Start Out Here Sponsored by Visit Southeast Montana
Out here in Southeast Montana bygone eras, big horizons and outdoor adventure beckon. Embark on a journey through time as you wander the hallowed...
Kit Carson: Larger-Than-Life American Hero
At the age of sixteen, Carson ran away from his job as an apprentice at a saddlery in Missouri and joined a party of traders heading down the Santa...
The Dime Novelists
Dime novelists fed the voracious public appetite for daring exploits and hero-making. Much of the violent image of the West was due to pulp westerns...