Handcarts and Heartaches

Handcarts and Heartaches

“Brethren and sisters, what I have said, I know to be true.” Levi Savage was a lone voice that hot August morning in 1856 as he graphically warned 500 of his fellow Latter-day Saints about the hazards of continuing their journey to the Mormon mecca of Salt Lake...
Keepin’ Them Dogies Rollin’ . . .

Keepin’ Them Dogies Rollin’ . . .

The good news is that the ramrod of this cattle drive is Roxanne Knight—not Tom Dunson. Even better news is that I don’t see Asa Watts anywhere. The bad news is that my thighs are chaffed, my backside raw and I’m dirtier than the Peanuts character Pig Pen on his worst...
Ambush at Guadalupe Pass

Ambush at Guadalupe Pass

August 12, 1881 The Clanton Camp: Innocent Cowboys or “a Viper’s Nest” of Outlaws? A group of some 25 American cowboys has been raiding in Northern Sonora, Mexico, gathering all the loose stock they can find before starting home. A Mexican posse from Bavispe is sent...
Truth Failed To Hide In A Tin

Truth Failed To Hide In A Tin

When his hired hand stomped off in a huff that chilled November day in 1895, foreman Jim Potts knew it would be up to him to take care of his band of sheep. Potts headed to their grazing spot near the North Fork of the Powder River, just north of Kaycee, Wyoming. He...