Josiah “Doc” Scurlock was a major player in the Lincoln County War. And he was in the region even before, going to work for cattleman John Chisum...
The Doctor is in…and Out
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A Silver Strike by an Other Name
The largest silver strike in US history could have been the Grosh Lode. In 1857, the Grosh brothers discovered silver in the Virginia Range of...
Gunfight at Cherry Creek
On September 2nd, 1887, Jim Roberts, along with several members of the Tewksbury family, were at the Lower Tewksbury Ranch on Cherry Creek (both the...
The Last Days of the Pleasant Valley War
By mid-September Pleasant Valley War was making national news and lawmen from the Yavapai County seat at Prescott were moving through the area...
End of the Line
California train robbers Chris Evans and John Sontag had evaded posses for four months, through six fights. But they were finally cornered at a...
The Knife Didn’t Cut
Robert Ford received threats after killing Jesse James in 1881. People didn’t like that he’d shot the outlaw in the back of the head—or tried to...
Death for a Killer
Ed O’Kelley is best known for killing Jesse James’ assassin Robert Ford in 1892. After O’Kelley did 10 years in the Colorado pen for the murder, he...
The Aftermath of the Pleasant Valley War
The “war proper,” as they called it, was over; however, assassinations and lynching’s would continue for quite some time. It’s been said fifty-four...
Manhunters
Robert DeArment’s near 40-year writing career is amazing, and he’s still cranking out new books at the age of 92—and books of quality and substance,...
Gunfight at Rock Springs
September, 1887 had been deadly a month in the Pleasant Valley War. On the morning of the second Graham partisans including Tom and John Graham,...
Shootout at the Middleton Ranch
Mart “Old Man” Blevins and his family arrived in the Pleasant Valley area from Texas around 1886. He and his sons, John, Charlie, Hamp and Sam...
A Good Time to get Sick
To many, Granville Stuart is the Father of Montana, a giant of a man who shaped the territory and state over half a century. But he almost didn’t...