A path for newlywed Mormons was a strange route. One of the lesser-known Western trails is one that Mormon pioneers followed out of Utah starting in...
The Honeymoon Trail
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San Angelo Livestock Show
Join us in beautiful San Angelo from February 1 – 18 for the San Angelo Livestock Show. Prepare to be amazed by the finest livestock from across the...
The Cow Business
Pink Higgins takes care of a rustler. January 22, 1877. Rancher Pink Higgins walks in to the Gem Saloon in Lampasas, Texas. He points his rifle at...
Bat’s Only Notch
The Texas gunfight with Melvin King. January 24, 1876. Corporal Melvin King, drunk and angry over exactly who knows what, bursts into a dance hall...
A Pinkerton Plan Blows Up
Detectives bomb the James farm and have a p.r. nightmare. January 25-26, 1875. Pinkerton agents attack a farmhouse outside Kearney, Missouri. It is...
Cactus Derbies
Car races across the deserts promoted road building. When the first horseless carriage sputtered and jerked into Arizona soon after the dawning of...
An Institution of Many Parts
The saloon was many things to many people. The saloon was the hub of a Western town, serving as a bar, restaurant, gambling house, town hall, hotel,...
Bawdy House Sobriquets
What’s in a nickname? The bawdy houses produced a litany of ladies with colorful sobriquets. Some, like Irish Queen, and Spanish Queen, were related...
A Capitol Fight
Two Kansas towns vie for county seat status. January 12, 1889. The Gray County War in Kansas. A group of men from Ingalls--including Bill...
The Lion of Tombstone is Silenced
Wyatt Earp cashes in his chips. January 13, 1929. Wyatt Earp dies in Los Angeles at the age of 80. The next day, the Arizona Daily Star has front...
Facing Down a Mob
Tombstone lawmen protect Johnny-Behind-the-Deuce. January 14, 1881. Gambler Michael "Johnny-Behind-the-Deuce" O'Rourke kills mining engineer Phillip...
The Deadly Ending
The finish to the OK Corral shootout. As the so-called OK Corral gunfight continues on October 26, 1881…Morgan Earp’s shot hits Billy Clanton in the...