December 22, 1873 Tonto Apaches vs Al Sieber and the 5th Cavalry Stationed at Camp McDowell, northeast of Phoenix, A.T., a unit of the 5th...
Cave Creek Ambush
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Gunfights
Double-Barreled Justice
October 27, 1873 Rowdy Joe Lowe vs. Big Red Beard “Mollie” Takes One in the Stomach In His Cups & Blue Whistlers Big Red Beard is deep in his...
What Goes Around, Comes Around
A Wichita hardcase learned the hard way about the danger of gunfights. Billy Anderson is best remembered for being permanently—and...
Billy the Kid Still Dominates
Bonhams sets a record with the sale of Pat Garrett’s Colt used to kill the notorious outlaw. Outlaws and lawmen got away with the big money at...
Saloons
A saloon might also be known as a "watering trough, bughouse, shebang, cantina, grogshop, and gin mill.” The first saloon was established at Brown's...
Medicine During the California Gold Rush
Doctors were among the flood of 49ers heading for California during the Gold Rush. Many came not to practice medicine but to strike it rich. They...
What Really Happened to Curly Bill Brocius?
The other day a True West reader wrote and asked “What really happened to Curly Bill? I’m hearing two different stories.” I replied, “That’s because...
The Battle of Big Dry Wash
Al Sieber & U.S. Troops vs. Na-ti-o-tish's Apaches One of the scouts spots the Apaches waiting in ambush on the north side of the canyon. July...
A Long Shot: Buffalo Hunters vs. Quanah Parker’s Warrior
THE SECOND BATTLE OF ADOBE WALLS FEATURES THE LEGENDARY 1,538- YARD SHOT HEARD ’ROUND CAMPFIRES EVER SINCE: June 27, 1874 ...
My Darling Clementine
Many folks don’t understand why John Ford’s 1946 My Darling Clementine remains one of the greatest western movies of all time. There's hardly...
Classic Gunfights: A Deadly Duel at 500 Yards
Bass Reeves vs Jim Webb - The master of the long shot, indeed. (Based on the research of Art Burton) Out on the Whiskey Trail in Oklahoma Territory,...
Trapped! 31 Mexican Vaqueros VS Geronimo
Patricio Valenzuela, the hacendado (ranch owner) of the Agua Fria hacienda, eight miles east of Cucurpe in Sonora, Mexico, is alerted by his...