Sherman Bell was a gung-ho type who got noticed. After service as a lawman and a Rough Rider, he was put in charge of the Colorado National Guard. ...
Colorado Governor James Peabody was a target—literally—during the labor wars that wracked that state in the early 1900s. Leaders of the Western...
The saloon was the hub of the western town. Bar, restaurant, gambling house, town hall, hotel, brothel, and sometimes courtroom and church. Often...
On the night of March 9th Villa attacked the small American town of Columbus, New Mexico, leaving seventeen dead Americans behind. It was the last...
President-dictator, Porfirio Diaz ruled Mexico with and iron fist for thirty-four years. El Porfiriato had been in office since 1877. There was...
Frank Loving and Levi Richardson were friends, often gambling together in Dodge City’s Long Branch Saloon in 1879. But then a woman came...
George Campbell had built up a solid reputation as a lawman in Texas and New Mexico during the late 1870s and early 1880s. For a couple of...
The Spencer rifle fired seven rounds in about 12 seconds. Army Chief of Ordinance, James Wolf Ripley, rejected saying Spencer saying it was an...
Bill Tilghman has two diametrically opposed versions of his death. He was either trying to restore law & order against a crooked government...
Why Didn't the Earp Brothers Have Any Children? It’s a bit of an anomaly because they came from a family of seven children and one half-brother,...
An obituary said that lawyer Douglas Preston was “ranked as the first criminal attorney of Wyoming.” And he certainly gained notoriety as the man...
The Sundance Kid—Harry Longabaugh—was a man who liked to stay in touch with people. He frequently wrote to his family in Pennsylvania, sometimes...