Military officers surveyed an expanded United States. The United States secured its “Manifest Destiny” in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe ending...
Mapping the Territories
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Riches in Them Thar Hills
The search for gold and silver transformed Arizona. Geographically located in the wild, untamed country between New Mexico and California, Arizona...
A Berry Gets Plucked
Outlaw Jim Berry doesn’t get far after a big haul. Jim Berry was a part of a robbery outfit (photo) that included Sam Bass and made its mark in the...
Butch’s Beginnings
Cassidy’s first bank robbery. Monday, June 24, 1889. Butch Cassidy and Matt Warner enter the San Miguel Valley Bank in Telluride, Colorado at around...
In the Nick of Time
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...
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...