The Youngers of Missouri: Part Two
In June 1862, while returning home from a business trip to Kansas City, Col. Henry Washington Younger was ambushed and murdered. He was carrying a considerable amount of money and since no money was taken there was some other motive, perhaps politics. He was buried in...
The Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Billy the Kid
On February 29, 1908, Jesse Wayne Brazel walked into the Doña Ana County sheriff’s office and announced, “Lock me up. . . . I’ve just killed Pat Garrett.” Despite Brazel’s confession, we still do not know, 110 years later, who killed the man responsible for ending the...
Lieutenant John Anthony Rucker
On December 2nd, 1876 a group of Bedonkohe Apache, probably led by Geronimo stole some horses near Camp Crittenden on Sonita Creek in southern Arizona a few miles north of the Mexican Border. A report was sent to Fort Bowie, the base of operations for 2nd Lt. John...
Shoot-Out in El Paso
April 14, 1881 Out in the West Texas town of El Paso, ex-Marshal George Campbell is flat-out looking for trouble. “Any American that is a friend of Mexicans,” he booms, “ought to be hanged!” Constable Gus Krempkau turns red. He has just finished assisting a group of...
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