New adventures for the Texas gunfighter. June 1, 1871. An 18-year-old John Wesley Hardin arrives in Abilene at the end of a cattle drive. He's...
Hardin Hits Abilene
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John Hardin
Birth and Death in the Texas Spring
For John Wesley Hardin, May 26 had great importance. May 26, 1853. John Wesley Hardin is born near Bonham, Texas. Over the next two decades, he...
The First Kill
John Wesley Hardin’s first victim may have been unarmed. November 1868--exact date unknown. John Wesley Hardin guns down a former slave called Maje...
On the Road Again
John Wesley Hardin makes a big splash in Kansas. June 1, 1871. An 18-year-old John Wesley Hardin arrives in Abilene, KS at the end of a cattle...
Hardin and Hickok
As far as gunslingers go John Wesley Hardin and Wild Bill are reputed to have been equals at the top of the heap. So, what is the extent of the...
Any Publicity is Good Publicity?
John Denson showed a newspaperman what he thought about his writing. John Denson was the cousin of John Wesley Hardin and kin to Killin’ Jim Miller,...
Not on my Land!
The strange story of John Wesley Hardin’s kin. Joe Hardin was John Wesley Hardin’s big brother, and he came to his own violent end. A lynch...
Another Hardin Dies Hard
Jeff Hardin went down much like his famous brother. Jeff Hardin wasn’t as prolific as his older brother John Wesley. But he also lived a violent...
John Wesley Hardin’s Last Notch
Charles Webb angered the outlaw and paid the price. Brown County (TX) Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb is best known as the last victim of John Wesley...
Riding the Rails into History
The well-known story of the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad and the Irish and Chinese men who built it has been recounted many times,...
The Fatal Favor John Denson mistakenly tried to help a relative…
John Denson was a kinsman to both John Wesley Hardin and Jim Miller. And he apparently helped the latter with some of his illegal activities. But...
A Different View Shorty Anderson was witness to one of the West’s most infamous killings.
Shorty Anderson had a tale to tell. On August 19, 1895, he was in El Paso’s Acme Saloon. And he watched as lawman John Selman walked and gunned...