Short was badly wounded in the shootout. The long-simmering feud between Luke Short and Charles Wright finally reached the boiling point in Fort...
Luke’s Last Fight
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He Hated the Irish
Charlie Harrison’s bigotry had a high cost. It started as an argument over cards in a Cheyenne, WY, saloon. Gambler Charlie Harrison insulted Jim...
They Called Him Teddy Blue
Abbott wrote about the life of a cowboy. Edward Charles Abbott was born in England—but he became the prototypical American cowboy. His family moved...
Del Potter’s Railroad
Del Potter ran a little railroad he proudly named the Clifton and Northern. The line ran from the little town of Clifton to a mine north of town but...
Lost Pick Mine
Arizona’s rugged central mountains, with their brawny mountains and twisting, boulder-choked canyons were a perfect place to lose a mine. Coronado’s...
The Horse Returns to North America
The end of the Pleistocene epoch, a geological period spanning roughly 2.5 million to 12,000 years ago brought about climate change to animals in...
A Quick Hand
A lawman used an unorthodox method to stop an outlaw. Fred Lambert was a tough New Mexico lawman at an early age. He was 15 when he became a member...
George Scarborough Cashes in His Chips
The legendary lawman tried to take on members of the Wild Bunch. George Scarborough was a noted lawman—including a stint as a deputy U.S. marshal....
A Deadly Ambush
Two young possemen had a deadly run-in with the Wild Bunch.Teenagers Frank Lesueur and Gus Gibbons didn’t stand a chance. They were part of a posse...
McMillanville: The Three Million-Dollar Hangover
Arizonans have inherited a litany of picturesquely whimsical place names and many of these were bestowed upon us by the colorful, boisterous,...
Josephine Williams
Josephine Williams was born in the SandHills of Nebraska, went to nursing school in Chicago. She graduated from nursing school in 1903 just prior to...
Cornish Miners in the West
Men who work where danger is a way of life have a tendency to embrace superstitions or habits that might seem strange to an outsider. For...