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Following Butch and Sundance

Following Butch and Sundance

by | Sep 1, 2005 | Travel & Preservation

Robert LeRoy Parker—born April 13, 1866, in the small town of Beaver, Utah, to Mormon parents Maximilian and Ann Parker—spent his early years in Circleville, Utah, living with his family in a home that is still standing (and privately owned). As a teen, Parker worked...
In the Old West, was there ever a female peace officer?

In the Old West, was there ever a female peace officer?

by | Sep 1, 2005 | Inside History

In the Old West, was there ever a female peace officer? Debra Via the Internet The article “Frontier Women at Arms” in the July 2005 issue of True West features female hunters, cowgirls, ranchers, teamsters, prospectors, exhibition shooters, adventurers and outlaws,...
The Mysterious Death of John Ringo

The Mysterious Death of John Ringo

by | Aug 1, 2005 | Inside History

July 2-14 1882   John Ringo has decided to move to Tombstone, Arizona (he has been living in San Simon and Galeyville). He arrives in town and meets Editor Sam Purdy of The Tombstone Epitaph, who later writes of their talk: “He said that he was as certain of...
Death Rides a White-Faced Horse

Death Rides a White-Faced Horse

by | Jul 2, 2005 | Inside History

May 19, 1881 Curly Bill Brocius is holding court in Galeyville, Arizona, with his cow-boy cohorts. Jim Wallace, a veteran of the Lincoln County War, rides up on a chestnut horse with a white-striped face, dismounts and joins Brocius and friends on the porch of a...