Was there another member of the Dalton Gang on the way to Coffeyville? For 130 years, speculation has centered on a possible sixth rider with the...
The Legend of the Sixth Rider
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A Grave for Broadwell
Where is the Dalton Gang member buried? Where is Dick Broadwell (at right in photo)? He was one of the four Dalton Gang members killed in the...
A Lead Pipe Cinch
The strange marker at an outlaw grave. After the failed Dalton Gang raid on Coffeyville, Kansas on October 5, 1892, local residents were angry. So...
The Wedding Between a Señorita and an American
Journal of Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail “The women invariably wore veils, slippers without stockings. When invited to a wedding--the bride was a...
The San Patricio
The San Patricios were a battalion of mostly Irish Catholic immigrants who deserted the American Army and fought with the Mexican Army in the War...
Buffalo Hump’s Raid
Most are familiar with Buffalo Hump in Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove. He was a fictional character but there really was a Buffalo Hump. His name...
Fame Delayed
A gunfight didn’t reach recognition for two years. July 1865. In one of the only face-to-face gunfights in Old West history, Wild Bill Hickok kills...
The Strangest Lynching
A hanging turned into a shooting gallery. Three men languish in the Las Vegas, NM jail on Feb. 8, 1880. They’re charged in the murder of Marshal Joe...
He Couldn’t Let it Go
Ike Clanton tried to avenge the OK Corral fight. After the OK Corral shootout, Ike Clanton wasn’t about to give up in his efforts for revenge...
Bronc Busting
I heard an old cowboy say, “The trick to breaking a horse is to climb on and keep getting bucked off until the horse gets bored.” It’s hard to say...
Aces and Eights
The question about what hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding has come up a number of times here's how the late Joe Rosa, Hickok's biographer explains...
The Pima Revolt of 1751
The Pima Revolt of 1751 followed the silver strike at Arissona in October 1736. The strike attracted a large number of frontiersmen and rough-hewn...