Five outlaws rode out of a powder-blue fog on the night of December 19, 1880, straight into an ambush sprung by Sheriff-…
True West Moments
Dear Lew
Writing in red ink on ruled paper, Billy the Kid writes a letter to Lew Wallace, the governor of New Mexico.Written from…
Arizona Territory Born Into Trouble
In 1863, a bill passed the U.S. Senate officially organizing the Arizona Territory, and on February 24, President Abraha…
An Apache Named Fun Was he? One can only hope.
On the San Carlos Apache Reservation in the 1870s the U.S. Army was charged with writing down the names of each tribal m…
A Voice That Is His Own Derision
“Father and mother he does not resemble, sons and daughters he will never have; vindictive and patient (it is a known fa…
The Return of Doc Holliday We've all learned a lot since "The illustrated Life & Times of Doc Holliday" appeared in 1993.
We’ve all learned a lot since “The illustrated Life & Times of Doc Holliday” appeared in 1993. And…
A Real Horse Opera History was made when a horse opera premiered at Phoenix at Symphony Hall.
History was made when a real, live horse opera based on Zane Grey’s immortal classic, “Riders of The Purple Sage” premie…
The Paris Punk Did a 16-year-old Buffalo Bill wannabe shoot Vincent van Gogh?
Did a 16-year-old Buffalo Bill wannabe shoot Vincent van Gogh? Believe it, or not, compelling new evidence has surfaced …
Arab Berbers Ride Hard
Historian Stuart Rosebrook argues the birthplace of the cowboy is in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria in North Africa, whe…
The Dish Washer
In 1878 a young boy named Henry McCarty washed dishes in the kitchen at the Hotel de Luna on the edge of the Camp Grant …