Did lawman Bill Tilghman really arrest outlaw Bill Doolin?
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Swung Into Eternity A minister’s anti-slavery views proved fatal.
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 Battle Over Salt
The San Elizario salt flats were the prize in a Texas feud.
Olive Johnson
A coal camp teacher discovered herself and the world in the Mohrland, Utah, melting pot.
A Two-Fisted Lawman Jeff Mynatt used his guns and more in the line of duty (and beyond).
Jeff Mynatt spent much of his adult life in law enforcement. He was a deputy U.S. marshal in Indian Territory, a lawman in various Texas locales,...
Shooting At Siringo A rustling investigation nearly cost the Cowboy Detective.
Patrick Coghlan owned a cattle ranch in the Three Rivers area of New Mexico. Lawmen, including the legendary Charlie Siringo (photo), found some...
Outlaw Turned Lawman Turned Outlaw The strange tale of Ben Sippy.
Ben Sippy is best known as the man who beat Virgil Earp in the election for Tombstone marshal in 1880—and then suddenly (and somewhat mysteriously)...
Smoke Signals Unlike sign language, smoke signals aimed to send a secret message
Did you ever wonder if the Indians could send messages by smoke signals (as in Morse code) or if they only meant something specific that was agreed...
When Did The Civil War Really Begin? “He who controls the mouth of the Mississippi River controls the West.”
In 1784, Spain, looking from her outposts in Louisiana and Florida, watched America’s growing western frontier with a menacing eye and made a...
Mining Camp Law A white man from Tennessee arrived in the California gold camps with 3 slaves
A white man from Tennessee arrived in the California gold camps with 3 slaves. He put them to work while he rested in town. This didn’t set well...
Eyewitness To Mayhem?
Did Big Nose Kate watch the Tombstone shootout?
Pendleton Whisky Launches Let’er Buck Challenge The challenge will benefit the Pendleton Round-Up’s Let’er Buck Cares Fund.
Like many rodeos around the country, The Pendleton Round-Up canceled its annual celebration, scheduled to take place in its hometown of Pendleton,...