Not Just Horsin’ Around
No one would call this Texas robber a criminal mastermind, despite the legend that often trails his name. One stagecoach holdup netted about $38, while the take from an 1878 train robbery totaled just over $600. Hell, the robber didn’t even lead the infamous 1877 raid...
Who Killed Col. Fountain?
In February 1, 1896, Col. Albert Jennings Fountain and his eight-year-old son Henry were on the last leg of the 150-mile trip from Lincoln, New Mexico, to their home in Mesilla. They’d been on the rough road for nearly three days, braving cold winter winds and...
Who Killed Col. Fountain?
In February 1, 1896, Col. Albert Jennings Fountain and his eight-year-old son Henry were on the last leg of the 150-mile trip from Lincoln, New Mexico, to their home in Mesilla. They’d been on the rough road for nearly three days, braving cold winter winds and...
The Bad Man from Bodie
Bodie is a ghost town—perhaps the West’s best preserved ghost town, where abandoned weather-beaten buildings stand stoically against encroaching sagebrush. But years ago, the remote mining camp east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California became the object of a...
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