Outlaw Worthington got his comeuppance in New Mexico. June 18, 1878. A group of men spot outlaw Nick Worthington outside the St. James Hotel in...
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The Woman Warrior
A wounded Apache turned out to be something else. Darrell Duppa, the English gentleman credited with naming both Phoenix and Tempe, had a bizarre...
Rock Springs and Tip Top
The town and the mine have a rich history. The area surrounding Rock Springs is chalk full of rich Arizona history. During the 1860s, it was...
Connecting the Towns
A new road bridged Phoenix and Prescott. The idea for a wagon road from Phoenix to Prescott by way of Agua Fria River was first proposed in 1866....
No Winners
The fatal gunfight between an outlaw and a lawman. “Black Face’ Charlie Bryant—his face bears powder marks from a shooting scrape—was a member of...
Paying a Debt to Society
Lawman Henry Brown went to the dark society, with tragic results. Henry Newton Brown made his spurs by fighting in the Lincoln County War. By 1882,...
Nowhere to Run
Outlaw Nick Worthington comes to a bloody end. June 18, 1878. A group of men spot outlaw Nick Worthington outside the St. James Hotel in Cimarron,...
Lean Times for an Action Star
Tom Mix’s last years were tough… Tom Mix’s movie career was basically done by 1929. Westerns were out of fashion, so he spent his last years were...
And Your Horse, Too!
Tom Mix’s horse became a famous screen presence. Tom Mix's horse, Tony, was the only horse who starred in his own movie, made in 1922. Mix had a...
Superstar of the Silver Screen
Tom Mix dominated in the 1920s. The 1920’s was an age of superheroes like Babe Ruth, Red Grange, and Charles Lindbergh. But perhaps the greatest...
The Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Jesse James
Ed O’Kelley blows away Bob Ford. June 8, 1892. Ed O'Kelley blasts Robert Ford into eternity in Ford's tent saloon in Creede, Colorado. O'Kelley...
Evans and Sontag: End of Trail
The train robbers are taken down by a California posse. June 10-11, 1893. Train robbers John Sontag and Chris Evans are taken down by a posse...