By the early 1900s the law was closing in and Butch was beginning to feel the pressure. He considered going to South America. The cattle...
The Demise of the Wild Bunch
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Who Was the Dodge City Gang?
The Dodge City “Gang" wasn’t what we think of an outlaw gang like the James Younger Gang. They were euphemistically known as "Luke Short and his...
Swung Into Eternity A minister’s anti-slavery views proved fatal.
Anthony Bewley was a fire and brimstone Methodist pastor outside Fort Worth, Texas just before the Civil War. He was an abolitionist, which made him...
The Black Father of Fort Worth
A black kid with a shining smile suddenly appeared in Colorado City, Texas, in 1886, hoping to make two bits a pop as a bootblack for blacking a...