John W. Butterfield’s highly anticipated moment in the sun lost its luster quickly. In Tipton, Missouri, he had planned …
Tag: Stagecoach
Stagecoach – The Legend At 80 John Ford and John Wayne’s classic Western film changed the course of cinema history.
Eighty years ago, director John Ford and screenwriter Dudley Nichols combined their talents, and those of star character…
No Honor Among Thieves Two New Mexico outlaws trusted the wrong guys.
“Coal Oil Jimmy” Buckley and Frank Taylor made a living by robbing stagecoaches in Colfax County, New Mexico Territory i…
A Great Idea that Didn’t Quite Work… One of the first stage robbers, Tom Bell, found the downside to the trade.
Tom Bell—really Thomas Hodges—was reportedly a trained surgeon who turned to the outlaw trade in northern California in …
A Life of Lies The strange tale of Charley Parkhurst.
Charley Parkhurst moved from New Hampshire to California during the 1849 Gold Rush. Once there, Charley became a stage d…
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…
Attacks on the Butterfield Stage The Butterfield Overland stage did come under Apache attack on at least two occasions.
A True West reader recently asked, did the Butterfield Overland and Mail in Arizona ever come under attack? And where in…
Stagecoach Robberies Stagecoach robberies were frequent occurrences, especially during the post-Civil War era.
Stagecoach robberies were frequent occurrences, especially during the post-Civil War era. In my home state, Arizona had …
A Hero on his Last Run A stagecoach driver gave his life for others.
John Braden was a stagecoach driver for decades—and a hero in the last act of his life. Braden was living in Albuquerqu…
Riding the Prescott-Santa Fe Stage Following the trail of the Arizona-New Mexico territorial capital-to-capital stage line leads to adventures and historic sites.
I’ve solved one Old West mystery. You want to know why the Star Line Transportation Company, a k a the Prescott-Santa Fe…