March 20, 1882 With the recent killing of Morgan Earp by assassins, Wyatt Earp spends his 34th birthday attending to the details of shipping his...
Blood on the Tracks…Wyatt Earp vs Frank Stilwell
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“I Hold for No One!” Road Agents Attempt to Rob Kinnear’s Stage Near Contention
March 15, 1881 Two California boys are riding the box on this chilly night along the San Pedro River bottom. Eli “Bud” Philpot, a top-rated stage...
Gunfight at the Stilwell Corral
January 14, 1881 Siner and part-time gambler Mike O’Rourke, 18, and his roommate Robert Petty, 23, are eating in Smith’s rest-aurant in Charleston,...
Did Frank James die in the last shoot-out with the Ford that was still living?
Richard Dalton Via Fax Frank James died peacefully of old age at the James farm in Clay County, Missouri, on February 18, 1915. His ashes were kept...
Who was Billy Wilson?
Ron Mance Cicero, Illinois Billy Wilson was one of New Mexico’s Lincoln County warriors. He later became sheriff of Texas’ Terrell County, where he...
Do you think Custer was seeking glory at Little Bighorn? And would he have turned down a presidential nomination if offered?
Charles Avra Via the Internet Custer was undoubtedly looking for glory. He had become an outstanding cavalry officer because he possessed an...
Was Tom Horn a hired gun in the Pleasant Valley War?
Roland Sherry Clark Via the Internet Horn was allegedly a friend of Ed Tewksbury, whose feud with the Graham ranch resulted in the Pleasant Valley...
Are there pictures of Zwing Hunt?
Craig Brewer Fairdale, New York Zwing Hunt is one of the more interesting characters in the Tombstone saga, but there is no known photo of him. He...
As a girl in Kingman, Arizona, I took music lessons from Mrs. Cole, whose husband Walter told me he had been The Tombstone Epitaph editor and that he coined the phrase “Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die.”
Marcella Bloomfield Middleton, New York Bill Kelley, editor of the Epitaph, organized the first Helldorado Days in 1929. The following year, he sold...
Did the Indians really use smoke signals or is that something out of Hollywood?
Larry Smith Austria Sending messages by smoke signals was a simple form of communication used mostly by the Plains Indians and in the Southwest...
I have a print of a photo I received from Winchester Arms, dated November 14, 1962. The caption says they are Texas Rangers. A year or two later, I read that Winchester made a mistake and the lawmen were actually Arizona Rangers. I’ve never heard of Arizo
Eugene O’Brien Union, New Jersey The famous photo of the Arizona Rangers was taken in Morenci, Arizona, during the mining strike in 1903. The tall...
Has there ever been a thorough book written on the commerce of the Old West?
Patrick Wheaton Camby, IN I called James Denniston in Jackson, Wyoming, who specializes in books on the Old West, and he suggests The Plains Across...