One of the forgotten men of the OK Corral hearing was William Hunsaker. He was the law partner of the celebrated Tom Fitch—but he had his own...
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Ed Tewksbury
It was the last act of Arizona’s Pleasant Valley War—the killing of feudist Tom Graham, allegedly by his longtime enemy Ed Tewksbury (photo) in...
Tom Fitch
Tom Fitch (photo) is best known as one of the great lawyers of the Old West. He successfully defended the Earps and Doc Holliday at the OK Corral...
Paulino Weaver
Another Mountain Man who left his mark on the Southwest was Paulino Weaver. He was born Powell Weaver in White County, Tennessee, the son of a...
Henry Wickenburg
Gold prospector Henry Wickenburg had been frustrated in his attempts to find the yellow metal. He’d missed Captain Joe Walker’s expedition up the...
What They Read in the Old West
Francis Parkman was an essayist historian, writing about the Oregon Trail. He also lived with the Sioux Indians for six months and wrote about their...
Believing Ike Clanton
Will McLaury accepted the testimony at the OK Corral hearing. Ike Clanton’s testimony at the OK Corral hearing was dramatic. He accused the Earps...
Ike Ran
But was he a coward as he left the Tombstone street fight? It’s well known that Ike Clanton ran during the OK Corral shooutout—that Wyatt Earp held...
Lead-Up to a Shoot-Out
A Cowboy’s view of what started the OK Corral fight. So why did the OK Corral gunfight take place? According to Cowboy Ike Clanton, it started with...
Pearl Hart: “The Girl Bandit”
For most of her life Pearl Hart lived in dismal obscurity. She got her chance for fifteen minutes of fame following a bungled stagecoach robbery on...
More Favorite Smoke Wagons
Reading the pulp westerns one would conclude that the Colt revolver was the only pistol used in the Old West. Remington built a fine six-shooter and...
The Metallic Cartridge
Linen or paper wrapped cartridges had been around for a long time and had obvious problems. The percussion ignition system didn’t place the primer...