Fall 1878. Twenty-one-year-old Henry Brown took a job as a lawman in Tascosa, TX. It’s a bit of a change. He’d just fini…
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The Sole Survivor Henry Brown’s widow made a success of herself after his death.
Henry Brown is known as a pal of Billy the Kid, marshal of Caldwell, KS, and a robber killed by a lynch mob in 1884. He …
A Deadly Card Game Doc Scurlock turned to violence at an early age.
Josiah Gordon “Doc” Scurlock is best known as a compatriot of Billy the Kid during the troubles in New Mexico. But Doc w…
The Western Auction of the Year The Robert G. McCubbin Collection goes under the gavel in the most anticipated Old West collector’s event since the sale of the Billy the Kid tintype.
Would Billy the Kid’s blade pass the million-dollar mark? In True West’s January 2019 issue the long-awaited Brian Lebel…
Christmas Road Trip
After Pat Garrett and his posse successfully captured Billy the Kid and three members of his gang at a place called Stin…
Billy the Kid and Jesse Evans The question comes up: Did Jesse Evans and Billy the Kid ever have it out?
The question comes up: Did Jesse Evans and Billy the Kid ever have it out? They didn’t really “have it out” but they rod…
A Long and Twisted Trail The Byzantine Connections Between Pancho Villa, A Chicago reporter, Billy the Kid, Bonnie & Clyde and Brushy Bill.
When you tug at the threads of history you will find it connected to some pretty disparate events. For example: If the U…
Under The Mistletoe
After being captured at Stinking Springs, Billy the Kid and his gang were taken to Fort Sumner, New Mexico where Billy w…
Snowstorm Ambush
Five outlaws rode out of a powder-blue fog on the night of December 19, 1880, straight into an ambush sprung by Sheriff-…
Billy, Bat and Temple Houston Caveat emptor, or “Let the buyer beware.”
A tale is told that Billy the Kid along with a few of his Regulators raided a ranch near Lincoln and rustled some livest…