June 25, 1876 George Armstrong Custer’s mind is racing with military strategies and tactics. As usual, he is reacting to a fluid battle situation...
Beyond Custer Hill
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Classic Gunfights
Rock Creek Killfest
July 12, 1861 David McCanles, his son William and two employees ride up to Rock Creek Station, Nebraska Territory. Leaving his two hired hands at...
Did Davy Really Die?
March 6, 1836 Did He Go Down Swinging or Surrendering? Just after midnight, Gen. Santa Anna orders his 2,064 troops to move toward their assault...
I Shot the Sheriff (and I Killed a Deputy, Too)
April 1, 1878 After eating breakfast at the Wortley Hotel in Lincoln, New Mexico, Sheriff William Brady walks out on the main street to meet his...
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...
Zip Zapped!
August 2, 1895 A mile and a half north of Cainville, Oklahoma, lawman Marion Hildreth and five men surround a homesteader cabin. After eating...
An Eye For an Eye
Hiding out in the bootheel of Southwestern New Mexico, stage robber Bill Leonard and three cowboys—“rustlers”—are eating dinner in a store with...
Shootout at Blazer’s Mill
April 4, 1878 Riding 13-strong, the Regulators rein in at Blazer’s Mill on the Mescalero Apache reservation. After drawing the short straw,...
Ingalls Onslaught Turns Bloody!
“They came out of the gully on the jump.” September 1, 1893 Three covered wagons full of federal marshals approach the outlaw village of Ingalls,...
The James-Younger Gang vs The Townsmen of Northfield
September 7, 1876 It’s just past 2:00 p.m. when three horsemen wearing matching white linen dusters dismount in front of the First National Bank in...
Blaze Away!
A little over a year ago, at the True West headquarters in Cave Creek, Arizona, True West’s Senior Vice President Bob Brink asked me if there were...
Doc Holliday Vs. Everyone
October 26, 1881 Doc Holliday remains out on Fremont Street as Virgil and Wyatt Earp enter the lot between Fly’s boarding house and the Harwood...