November 3, 1883 It’s a Saturday as the Sonora-Milton stage rattles along, empty, save for the driver. Reason E. McConnell has been on the road for...
Black Bart’s Bad Day
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It’s Hamer Time!
Long vilified as a treacherous lawman, Texas Ranger Frank Hamer survived 52 gunfights, was wounded 23 times in the line of duty and, he was declared...
Bravery at Bloody Run
In May of 1889, outlaws attacked the army paymaster, Major Wham (rhymes with bomb) and a Buffalo Soldier escort between Fort Grant and Fort Thomas,...
Forewarned & Forearmed
March 11, 1884 Fresh off the train from Austin, Texas, newly minted drinking pards Ben Thompson and John King Fisher, the acting sheriff for Uvalde...
In Search of Cowboy Ground Zero
In the spring of 2013, I traveled to Spain to see if I could locate Cowboy Ground Zero. My theory was, if I could find the source of the Spanish...
The Doomed Prince of the Pistoleers
James Butler Hickok, born on a farm in northern Illinois in 1837, leaves home at age 18, gravitating to Kansas Territory, with his brother Lorenzo,...
The Apache Kid’s Neck Mojo
In the Apache war culture of old, a warrior would take from those he vanquished: a ring, a crucifix, or some other personal ornament and wear it...
Blood On The Canvas
New evidence appears to show that Vincent van Gogh did not commit suicide in July of 1890, but, in fact, was shot by a Buffalo Bill wannabe and...
Bad Medicine
In the spring of 1874, medicine man Isa-tai (translates as “Wolf’s Vulva”) convinced 250 Kiowas, Commanches and Southern Cheyenne that White Man...
Football near the O.K. Corral
George Parsons of Tombstone wrote this in his diary on January 12, 1882: “Grand football racket this afternoon on Fremont Street near Fourth. All...
The Explosion
Several people tried to help Wyatt Earp tell his life story, but nothing came of it. That changed after his death in 1929. With the publication of...
Mescalero Melee
On August 5, 1878, Billy the Kid and the Regulators, riding 19 strong, come down through the canyon leading to the Mescalero Apache Agency in...