Three historians slice and dice what actually happened in one of the greatest manhunts in American history. We have deci…
Tag: Robbery
On the Run Ike Black’s claim to fame: escaping the law.
Ike Black was an outlaw, overshadowed by the man he rode with: Zip Wyatt. The two robbed stores and post offices throug…
A Texas Ranger Earns His Spurs Three decades before he became renowned for tracking down Bonnie and Clyde, the legendary Texas Ranger earned his badge under fire along the Rio Grande.
Frank Hamer rested his muscular frame against the trunk of a hackberry tree. He levered a round into the chamber of his…
The Last Stagecoach Robbery How two men created one of the most authentic lost treasure stories in Nevada history.
Some books claim Pearl Hart and her cohort Joe Boot held up the last stagecoach in America in 1899 in Arizona but histor…
What Can You Tell Me About Wild Bunch Associate Laura Bullion?
What can you tell me about Wild Bunch associate Laura Bullion? Darrell Clements Memphis, Tennessee Laura had a hardscrab…
The Heyday of Train Robberies The 1890s saw an epidemic of train robberies with 261 in that decade alone.
The 1890s saw an epidemic of train robberies with 261 in that decade alone. Eighty-eight people were killed and eighty-s…
Upping the Ante The Sandy Bob stage robbery played a role in the O.K. Corral shoot-out.
The Cow-boy and Earp factions were already at loggerheads in the fall of 1881. A stagecoach robbery took things to anot…
Double the Stagecoach Robbery Treasure Two stagecoach robbers hit two stages at the same time.
On August 30, 1882, a couple of masked robbers found a way to maximize their efforts. They held up the Black Canyon sta…
Not a Chip Off the Old Block Ed Scarborough didn’t follow in his dad’s footsteps.
Ed Scarborough isn’t as well-known as his lawman father George, who killed John Selman. But Ed made his own mark. He o…
Al Jennings Leader of the original gang that couldn’t shoot straight.
The Jennings gang has become the model for outlaw incompetence in the Old West. They did, however, manage to provide som…