After the battle at the Alamo, what happened to all of the weapons belonging to the Texians, the rifles, pistols, etc? Did Davy Crockett actually...
David Crockett and Betsy
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Wild Bill
Wild Bill Hickok was very likely a good marksman with a handgun, which was something of a rarity on the frontier; he also was supposedly a very...
How About Those Earp Women
Were any of the Earp women Prostitutes? Yes, you might say all of them dabble in the trade at one time or another. Allie was a former prostitute, as...
The Legend of the Sixth Rider
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...
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...