William F. Cody was a man seemingly trapped in the distant past, yet one who cared desperately about the onrushing future…
Buffalo Bill & His “Blood-Thirsty” Indians
"Heap-big Injun likum Paris?” asked The New York Times reporter. Chief Daniel Black Horn replied, “I think it might facilitate matters for you if I...
Buffalo Bill Busted
William “Buffalo Bill” Cody was a lucky man. From a hardscrabble youth that began in a log cabin in Iowa Territory, he grew up to survive the Civil...
Tombstone Is Shaking!
On May 3, 1887, in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, Dr. George E. Goodfellow examined his last patient of the day, a child. He heard the earthquake...
When C.S. Fly Shot Geronimo
In the middle of March 1886, Camillus Sydney Fly, perhaps Arizona’s best-known frontier photographer, loaded his camera…
Breaking Broncs with the Bow-Gun Boys
Around 1885, George “Dick” Ingersoll helped drive a herd of longhorns from Texas to Montana Territory and settled in the Miles City area…
Adelnietze’s Hit and Run Race with Death
Adelnietze’s proud bearing is so obvious in C.S. Fly’s photos—the white paint carefully drawn over his nose and face, as he steadfastly gazed into...
Lady Pinkertons
Her smile could be shy; her glance at times demure, but her ears never missed a secret. A master of disguises, she changed her accent at will,...
Wanted Dead or Alive
Among the stories of the Old West, few are more exciting than the manhunts that pitted frontier authority against those who would kill, plunder and...
Last of the Fast Guns
Few would argue that names made a difference in the Old West. The easy-on-the-tongue alliteration of “Jesse James,” the rhythmic cadence of “Billy...
Eat, Drink & Be Merry
Enter a 14-foot double glass Victorian door, turn a brass knob to enter a hotel room, or have a cocktail at a behemoth back-bar and you’ll...
The Empty Sleeve Gunfight
When Joseph W. Evans passed away suddenly on May 28, 1902, at his home in Phoenix, Arizona Territory lost one of its most successful businessmen and...