When they had the cash (like after a robbery), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid liked to live in style. Records from New York’s Tiffany &...
A Visit to Tiffany’s Butch and Sundance looked for the best in jewelry.
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The Cross Draw
The cross draw, worn on the left or “weak side” was popular with men who spent a lot of time sitting at a poker table or on horseback because for...
The Sherman Silver Purchase Act 1873 and the Cross of Gold
It was a national policy, the Gold Standard vs The Silver and it was/is complicated. Historically the U.S had used both gold and silver as a basis...
Relay Horses
I've always heard that Butch was the first to have used relays of horses in 1889 to escape pursuing posses. I had a question today from a...
Trigger-Happy Billy Brooks brought the law and then some to Dodge.
Billy Brooks was a shootist and enforcer in Kansas in the 1870s. In early 1873, businessmen in Dodge City hired him as an unofficial...
The Coup De Grace Tom Sherman: saloon keeper and brutal killer.
Tom Sherman’s Saloon was a hot spot in early Dodge City, Kansas—sometimes for the wrong reasons. The owner himself was not averse to picking...
Call In The Army The military brought law and order to Dodge.
Dodge City, Kansas was pretty much lawless in 1873. The vigilance committee had gone rogue. On June 3, two members of the group killed the...
Arizona’s Lost Seaport James Gadsden, Minister to Mexico, had five proposals, the largest would have purchased most of northern Mexico for $50 million.
There’s an enduring legend in Arizona that says the engineer’s surveying the new boundary westward were supposed to make a beeline for the...
The Battle Of Pinos Altos While Mangas and his Membreno’s were terrorizing the Pinos Altos area, Cochise was busy raiding along the Santa Cruz River where he killed 150 Americans.
Mangas Colorados, the great chief of the Membreno Apache, had been friendly with the Americans since 1846 when he offered to join them in their war...
What’s The Difference Between A Pistol And A Revolver? Has anyone ever corrected you when you used both pistol and revolver when talking about the same firearm?
Has anyone ever corrected you when you used both pistol and revolver when talking about the same firearm? Benjamin Sobleck in his The...
An Important Man In New Mexico Henry Jaffa—little remembered today—made his mark in the 19th century.
AN IMPORTANT MAN IN NEW MEXICO Henry Jaffa—little remembered today—made his mark in the 19th century. That year, he started a business in Las Vegas,...
Sealed With A Kiss Wyatt Earp engaged in a Jewish ritual while he was on the run.
Sealed With A Kiss Wyatt Earp engaged in a Jewish ritual while he was on the run. When Wyatt Earp fled Arizona after the Vendetta Ride, he and his...