Chief Leschi pays a price for an Indian conflict. February 19, 1858. Nisqually Chief Leschi is hanged outside present-day Lakewood, Washington. He...
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A Promise Left Hanging
A vow to protect three men from a mob turned out to be hollow. February 5, 1880. Las Vegas (NM) Deputy Marshal J.J. Webb and five men—including...
Bye Bye to Belle
Outlaw Queen Starr comes to a blood end. February 3, 1889. "Outlaw Queen" Belle Starr is gunned down from ambush while riding home near Younger's...
A Child By Any Other Name
A baby girl who was named after a saloon. On Prescott’s Whiskey Row there was a saloon named Cob-Web Hall. One night about closing time, a small...
The Boom and Bust of the Babacomari
The fortunes of the Elias family. Eulias Elias and her brother Ignacio acquired the Babocomari Land Grant in 1832. The 130,000-acre ranch was the...
A Bit of Nothing
An Arizona town with an unusual name. The “town”of Nothing, on SR. 93 is/was located between Wickenburg and Kingman. The peak population of Nothing...
Saddle Up for Spring Adventure Sponsored by Cody Yellowstone
Spring in the Wild West is a season for fresh starts and bold adventures. When the mountains shed their winter white for a coat of colorful greens...
An Act of Terror
Pinkertons bomb the home of the James boys. January 25-26, 1875. Pinkerton agents attack a farmhouse outside Kearney, Missouri. It is owned by the...
An Aborted Train Robbery
Dave Rudabaugh and company are foiled by a night operator. January 28, 1878. Dave Rudabaugh and a handful of hard cases try to hold up the depot and...
Cow-boys Get Off
Nobody is convicted in the shooting of Virgil Earp. January 31, 1882. Ike and Phin Clanton are taken into custody for the shooting of Virgil Earp....
It Takes One to Find One
Apache scouts were vital resources in the Indian Wars. One of the smartest strategic moves by the Frontier Army during the Indian Wars was to enlist...
The Legendary Hashknife
The huge ranch also resulted in frontier violence. With the arrival of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in 1881, Holbrook, Arizona become one of...