The rocky wilderness of the American West turned out to be the richest treasure trove of natural resources in the history of the civilized...
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Arizona’s Boundless Boundaries
Did you know Arizona was once a part of western Georgia? Yup, in 1733 King George declared that Georgia extended west all the way to the Pacific...
Aimee Semple McPherson
Arizona played a part in one of the great hoaxes of the 1920s when Aimee Semple McPherson, a popular Hollywood show business evangelist, was...
The Long Ride
Pony Bob set a record for the Pony Express. Pony Bob Haslam was many things in life—a cowboy, lawman, stagecoach driver, etc.—but much of his fame...
Bad Luck Baldy?
His stagecoach was an easy mark for robbers. George “Baldy” Green—nicknamed for the obvious reason—was a stagecoach driver between Placerville, CA...
A Political Dispute
Billy Bailey lost more than the vote… Billy Bailey wandered into Newton, Kansas (photo) in 1871, probably at the end of a cattle drive. He had a...
Flame Delhi
Arizona's First Native Born Major League Baseball Player Most Americans are aware that on April 15th, 1912, the luxury liner Titanic sank in the...
The Irrepressible Allen R. English: Tombstone’s Greatest Lawyer
No sooner had a prospector’s pick struck paydirt in some remote, canyon in old Arizona, a town was bound to spring up nearby followed by a host of...
The Old Scout
Pauline Weaver: Prescott’s First Citizen When old Joe Walker, one of the West’s most famous explorers and his party of prospectors arrived at...
A Rousing Success
The Ketchum Gang pulls a train holdup. May 14, 1897. Tom Ketchum (photo)--already, mistakenly, being referred to as "Black Jack"--goes into the...
The Last Straw
The final Reno Gang robbery leads to its demise. May 22, 1868. Outlaw Frank Reno leads a group of men to rob an Ohio & Mississippi train at...
To the Hilt
John Brown and company massacre settlers over slavery. May 24-25, 1856. Using swords, Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers killed five...