The Mountain Meadows Massacre strikes horror across the U.S. September 11, 1857. Mountain Meadows in southern Utah. Mormon militia and a few Paiute...
The Mountain Meadows Massacre
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No Publicity is Bad Publicity
A spectacular train crash turns attention to a railroad. September 15, 1896. The "Crash at Crush." Two Katy trains were deliberately rammed...
The Corps of Discovery
On May 14, 1804, the Corps of Discovery set off on a journey where no white man had ever been, forging into a land that was little more than blank...
The Saga of Pancho Villa
A bright orange glow spread across the eastern New Mexico horizon on the morning of March 9, 1916. The sleepy border town of Columbus was slowly...
A Windy About the Winds of Northern Arizona
The towns of Kingman, Seligman, Ash Fork, Winslow and Holbrook are spread out across northern Arizona along Route 66, today's Interstate 40. Each...
Geronimo’s Change in Life
The Apache finds new opportunities after surrendering. September 4, 1886. Apache leader Geronimo surrenders to General Nelson Miles and is taken...
End of the Line
The James-Younger Gang is shot to pieces in Minnesota. September 7, 1876. Members of the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the First National Bank...
Death of a Legend
September 5, 1877. The noted Oglala warrior Crazy Horse is killed at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. After surrendering, the Indian leader and his band are...
The Harvey Girls
“Will Rogers said: Fred Harvey kept the West supplied with food and wives.” Conditions of hash houses along railroad lines before dining cars and...
J.C. Ives Pays a Visit the Grand Canyon
Lieutenant Joseph Christmas Ives graduated from West Point in 1852 and the following year he was assigned to the storied Army Corps of Topographical...
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson’s most recognized photo was of a dapper-looking fellow wearing a derby hat, but photos can be deceiving. In the real West was the real...
The Wild Bunch’s Big Haul
But what happened to the train robbery loot? August 29, 1900. Kid Curry (photo) leads Bill Cruzan, Ben Kilpatrick and another unidentified man in...