Pauline Weaver: Prescott’s First Citizen When old Joe Walker, one of the West’s most famous explorers and his party of prospectors arrived at...

Pauline Weaver: Prescott’s First Citizen When old Joe Walker, one of the West’s most famous explorers and his party of prospectors arrived at...
The Ketchum Gang pulls a train holdup. May 14, 1897. Tom Ketchum (photo)--already, mistakenly, being referred to as "Black Jack"--goes into the...
The final Reno Gang robbery leads to its demise. May 22, 1868. Outlaw Frank Reno leads a group of men to rob an Ohio & Mississippi train at...
John Brown and company massacre settlers over slavery. May 24-25, 1856. Using swords, Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers killed five...
Despite his lack of qualifications Custer won a coveted appointment to West Point in 1857. He wasn’t a good student, receiving a record number of...
In 1797, the Cherokees created organizations called "regulating companies" to deal with horse theft and other property crimes. The regulating...
The discovery of gold in the southern Black Hills in 1874 set off one of the great gold rushes in America. In 1876, miners moved into the northern...
Myra Maybelle Belle Shirley, AKA Belle Starr was reinvented by the media, as were many others. She was from an affluent Southern family, raised in...
Dave Rudabaugh—outlaw turned informant. Dave Rudabaugh's gang attempted their first train robbery, on January 22, 1878 near Kinsley, Kansas. The...
Wyatt Earp hits the trail to track the outlaw. In October 1876, Dave Rudabaugh robbed a Santa Fe Railroad construction camp and fled south. Wyatt...
Wyatt Earp puts on a badge in the cow-town. May 19, 1876 (or thereabouts). Wyatt Earp is appointed deputy marshal of Dodge City, Kansas. Over the...
As far as gunslingers go John Wesley Hardin and Wild Bill are reputed to have been equals at the top of the heap. So, what is the extent of the...