James Arness made all the difference in his storied film and television career. In 1976, Gunsmoke’s James Arness was about to take on the lead role...
Bruce Boxleitner
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Shootout
Surviving a Shootout
John Blevins lived to tell the tale… John Blevins had a particular distinction—he was a survivor of an 1887 shootout between members of his family...
The West’s First Female Gunfight
When the Legend Becomes the Truth Print the Legend There is a persistent myth that the first gunfight in the West between women occurred in Denver...
The Man Who Killed Kid Curry Stolen horses put Rolla Gardner on the outlaw’s trail.
Rolla Gardner had no plans to chase after some train robbers near Parachute, Colorado in June 1904. A posse was already on the trail. But then...
Doc Comes To Town Holliday is called to Tombstone—and infamy.
On October 21, 1881, Wyatt Earp sends brother Morgan to Tucson to bring Doc Holliday back to Tombstone. Ostensibly, Doc is to calm Ike Clanton, who...