For 184 years, it was lost. Then they found a metal military button—eventually, they’d find 39. Then glass trading bead…
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Friends unto Death One outlaw, one lawman, both killed.
William Collins was an associate of Sam Bass, and a member of the Joel Collins (his brother) Gang (photo) that held up a…
Was the Notorious Bad Guy Davy Crockett the Grandson of Davy Crockett? If grandpa had been around he would have tanned his britches!
Yep, he sure was Davy’s grandson but if grandpa had been around he would have tanned his britches. David Crockett,…
The Death of the Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Jesse James Killer Ed O’Kelley’s short-lived fame ended in a fatal fight with police.
Ed O’Kelley has his claim to fame. On June 8, 1892, he walked into a tent saloon in Creede, Colorado, and emptied two sh…
A Gunfight between Lawmen Bud Ballew got the better of Dow Baziel.
Bud Ballew (left in photo) was an Oklahoma lawman and gunfighter with numerous notches in his gun. He was known as a to…
An Engraved Invitation The first hanging in Navajo County, AZ was delayed.
The first hanging in Arizona’s Navajo County was going to be stylish. Sheriff F.J. Waltron (who doubled as a teacher an…
A Lawman pays the Price A killer gets killed in an act of vengeance.
Early in 1901, Yuma (AZ) Constable H.H. Alexander was sent to serve papers on local farmer J.J. Burns. Instead, the law…
Were all the Witnesses at the Spicer Hearing Sworn in?
Were all the witnesses at the Spicer Hearing sworn in? Tom Betts Anaheim, California Some 30 witnesses testified at the …
The Massacres at Skeleton and Guadalupe Canyons The canyons were the scene of two massacres between the Cochise County Cow-boys and the Mexican Rurales.
After Mexico increased taxes on alcohol and tobacco in the late 1870s, smuggling became big business. Mexican smugglers…
The Rangers Ride In The famed force broke up a vigilance committee gone amok.
In the 1880s, a vigilante group organized in San Saba, TX, to take on criminal elements. The so-called “Buzzard’s Water…