A posse puts an end to an outlaw’s career. August 24-25, 1896. Outlaw leader Bill Doolin (photo) is gunned down by Deputy US Marshal Heck Thomas'...
The Death of Doolin
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An Outlaw Give-Back
A woman shames members of the James-Younger Gang. August 30, 1874. Frank and Jesse James and one of the Youngers rob a stage outside North...
The Case of the Vanishing Train Robbers
On the evening of April 27th, 1887 southern Arizona’s only passenger train, the Sunset Express, was making its run toward Tucson. The train was...
Bill Miner: The Saga of the Grey Fox
Ezra Allen Miner is a conundrum. Some say he was born in Onondaga, Michigan on December 27th, 1846, or maybe he was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky....
The West
Never in the history of the world has there been a place like the American West. The pristine uncharted land, its natural beauty, blessed with...
The Kid’s First Kill
Windy Cahill becomes the first victim of Billy. August 17, 1877. Henry McCarty, also known as Henry Antrim, later known as Billy the Kid, kills his...
A Shootist is Shot
Wes Hardin goes the way he lived… August 19, 1895. Famed gunfighter John Wesley Hardin is throwing dice in El Paso's Acme Saloon. John Selman walks...
A Hickok Distraction
Wild Bill uses a ruse to kill Bill Mulvey. August 22, 1869. Tough nut Bill Mulvey is hurrahing Hays City, KS, firing his pistol in violation of town...
Little Big Andy
Probably the last time anyone called him “Little Andy” was at about three years of age. He was a big man not just in stature but in heart and soul....
Fred Fritz and the Grizzly
The rugged country along the Coronado Trail was the last refuge of Arizona’s Grizzly bears. A story is told about a camp cook who was charged by...
Tales of AZ Route 666: The Devil’s Highway
The Coronado Trail was named in 1926 for the Spanish explorer and conquistador, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado who passed through the area in 1540 in...
A Land of Anomalies and Tamales
Arizonans like to call this place a land of anomalies and tamales because of the contrasts and contradictions that make the Grand Canyon State...