John Clum was busy when the Tombstone street fight took place. It’s entirely possible to get so engrossed in a task that one misses a big...

John Clum was busy when the Tombstone street fight took place. It’s entirely possible to get so engrossed in a task that one misses a big...
A doctor and pastor found little healing during the Lincoln County War. It must have seemed like a simple assignment—providing medical care...
The 1832 battle set the stage for the Texas Revolution. The names are spoken with reverence in Texas: The Alamo. Goliad. San Jacinto. The great...
Henry Crabb and his troops wanted Mexican land—and got something else. Henry Crabb wanted new opportunities in 1857. The former California...
The story goes that Kid Curry and two pals were on the run after holding up a train near Parachute, Colorado. On June 9, 1904, they came to the...
Alaska native son Walter Harper was the first to ascend North America’s highest peak, but his fame—and life as a physician—were cut short by...
The president paved the way for the great Westward Expansion. On March 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for the second...
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...
On December 16, 1881, a group of rowdy cowboys hurrahed Caldwell, Kansas. But it really was a ruse. The cowboys repeated the behavior the next...
Did lawman Bill Tilghman really arrest outlaw Bill Doolin?
Anthony Bewley was a fire and brimstone Methodist pastor outside Fort Worth, Texas just before the Civil War. He was an abolitionist, which made him...
The San Elizario salt flats were the prize in a Texas feud.