The movie Tombstone makes Johnny Tyler out to be a loud-mouthed, yellow-bellied slug who cowered before Doc Holliday and…
Tag: Leadville
Leadville, Colorado One of the greatest boom towns in Western history.
Leadville was one of the greatest boom towns in Western History. Miners struck silver in 1877 and the rush was on. Durin…
Rocky Mountain Gold Touring Colorado’s historic mining towns leads to experiences rich in Old West history.
Most of us know of California’s Gold Rush and the forty-niners, but fewer realize the great wealth that began a decade l…
That’s My Steak, Valance Dining out in frontier Leadville was so dangerous, patrons could find lead in their eggs.
Leadville’s mining boom exploded between 1878 and 1879—population between 6,000 to 8,000—and the Colorado frontier town …
Poker Alice
The “Queen of the Western Gamblers” was Alice Ivers. She was both gambler and madam. She also had a religiou…
“Big Ed” Burns
“Big Ed” Burns was a con man of the first order, roaming the Midwest and West from the 1860s until around 1920. In 1877,…
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
She was born Margaret Tobin in Hannibal, Missouri, the daughter of Irish immigrants. A restless, strong-willed adventure…