TEXAS AUGUST 1840 Under the Comanche moon of August 1840, 400 to 1000 warriors under Buffalo Hump cut a swath of destruction on a vengeance ride...
The Battle of Plum Creek
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John Wesley Hardin’s Last Notch
Charles Webb angered the outlaw and paid the price. Brown County (TX) Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb is best known as the last victim of John Wesley...
From Medal of Honor to Exile
Eben Stanley was a man of many parts. Eben Stanley won the Medal of Honor in 1873, showing his bravery in a fight with Apache warriors at the Battle...
The Other Clanton
John Wesley Clanton kept his hands on the plow, not the gun. He’s the forgotten Clanton—John Wesley Clanton, the oldest son of Newman “Old Man”...
Who Was the Dodge City Gang?
The Dodge City “Gang" wasn’t what we think of an outlaw gang like the James Younger Gang. They were euphemistically known as "Luke Short and his...
Trail Drives: Code of the Trail
Was there an understanding among trail drive bosses that no two drives left at the same time? Did trail drives ever intersect and cause a problem as...
Tragedy on the Oregon-California Trail
For the most part, the women did not want to leave friends, travel some 2,000 miles home and make that trek of several months. Most of it was...
Foot Under Glass
Executed outlaw George Lane’s appendage was nicely displayed. George Lane was nicknamed “Clubfoot” because of a bone deformity. He was in southern...
Revenge – A Dish Best Served Cold
Kid Curry took his time in avenging his brother’s death. January 1896. The outlaw Logan brothers have a beef with rancher Jim Winters near Landusky,...
You Can’t Go Home Again
A posse trailed outlaw Lonnie Logan back to where he grew up. Lonnie Logan was the younger brother of Harvey Logan—Kid Curry—and rode the outlaw...
Comancheros
The Comancheros were a mixed ethnicity of New Mexican merchants who traded with the Comanche, Kiowa, Lipan Apache and other Southern Plains people....
The Removal of the Civilized Tribes
During the early 1800’s there was a surge of white settlers moving into what was the states of todays, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama,...