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...
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John Wesley Hardin
John Selman and His Terrible Scouts
They ravaged New Mexico in the late 1870s. John Selman is known for killing gunfighter John Wesley Hardin. But he had a sordid reputation well...
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...
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,...
Left Behind Wes Hardin’s wife suffered during his imprisonment.
The exploits of Old West notables usually obscure the stories of their loved ones. Case in point: John Wesley Hardin. When he started a 25-year...
Following Phil Coe’s Trail to Death
Have fun trailing the Lone Star outlaw from Texas to Kansas. Charles E. Rankin, retired editor of the University of Oklahoma Press and astute...
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...
A Bad Role Model Wes Hardin shouldn’t have looked up to Alec Barekman
Alec Barekman was kin by marriage to John Wesley Hardin. And when Wes went on the run after his first killings as a teenager, he hid out with the...
Getting Even Someone sought revenge for the death of Mannen Clements
Rancher and gunman Mannen Clements was having some drinks in a Ballinger, Texas bar on March 29, 1887. His drinking companions were both local...