Billy the Kid’s jailer had a sordid past New Mexico lawman J.W. Bell is best known for guarding (and being killed by) Billy the Kid in 1881....
The Toll of the Bell
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Investigating History
The Beginnings of the Bird Cage
The Beginnings of the Bird Cage Owner Billy Hutchinson led it through some difficult times Billy Hutchinson had a dream— an entertainment facility...
From Hero to Outlaw
It took John Joel Glanton a year to hit bottom. The name John Joel Glanton probably doesn’t ring a bell. But in the 1840s into 1850, he made an...
An Expedition Gone Wrong
Henry Crabb and his troops wanted Mexican land—and got something else. Henry Crabb wanted new opportunities in 1857. The former California...
The Battle Over Salt
The San Elizario salt flats were the prize in a Texas feud.
Eyewitness To Mayhem?
Did Big Nose Kate watch the Tombstone shootout?
Initiation to Robbery
Butch Cassidy’s first bank job set the standard for future holdups.
Restore the Alamo!
Work gets underway on reclaiming the mission of 1836.
A Thirst for Destruction
Carrie Amelia Moore, born in Kentucky on November 25, 1846, grew into a crusader who chopped her way to legend as Carrie Nation. In 1867, Carrie...
“…Kill or Hang All Warriors…”
If one winner came out of the Battle of the Washita, his name was Custer. In 1868, Southern Cheyennes and other tribes were camped along the Washita...
Upping the Ante
The Cow-boy and Earp factions were already at loggerheads in the fall of 1881. A stagecoach robbery took things to another level. On the night of...
Black Hills and Gold Dust
The Sioux considered the Black Hills to be sacred, the center of the earth and a place to speak to the Great Spirit. They had controlled the area...