John Wesley Hardin’s first victim may have been unarmed. November 1868--exact date unknown. John Wesley Hardin guns down a former slave called Maje...
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A Brother Butts In
Another McLaury enters the murder trial after the OK Corral fight. November 4, 1881. Lawyer Will McLaury--the brother of Tom and Frank...
A Lonely End
Doc Holliday’s last days were sad and solitary. November 8, 1887. Doc Holliday succumbs to the ravages of tuberculosis and pneumonia (and hard...
Nogales, Oklahoma
In the mid-50's Hollywood came out to the historic San Rafael Ranch, east of Nogales and filmed the long-running Broadway Rogers and Hammerstein...
Pioneer Women
I used to perform the old folk song, “Waggoner’s Lad” and the first lines were “Hard luck is the fortune of all womenkind. They’re always...
Andy Cooper
Looking at his photo Andy “Cooper” Blevins looks like a nice choir boy but behind that façade was a young man mean enough to eat off the same plate...
Cody Yellowstone: Wild
Cody might be best known as a thrilling summer destination for lovers of the great outdoors, with the world’s longest-running nightly rodeo and...
Charged with Murder
The hearing into the OK Corral gunfight. October 29, 1881. Ike Clanton files murder charges against the Earps and Doc Holliday for their role in the...
The Spicer Hearing
The Earps and Holliday face murder charges. October 31, 1881. Judge Wells Spicer (photo) gaveled to order a preliminary hearing into murder charges...
Tubac the Provisional Capital City of Sonora
Tubac was for a spell, the Capital of Sonora. While the USA was preoccupied with the Civil War, the French empire of Napoleon III, wanting to renew...
Billy Dixon’s “Shot of the Century”
The 1867 Treaty of Medicine Lodge reserved much of the Texas Panhandle as hunting lands for the Indians, however white buffalo hunters ignored the...
Richmond Auction’s Premier 2023 Firearms & Sportsman Auction Sponsored by Richmond Auctions
Jordan Richmond, owner of Richmond Auctions in Greenville, SC, exploded onto the collectibles scene in 2021 offering rare, investment grade...