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A Little Help From His Friend? An outlaw got a fatal greeting from a childhood chum.
The end of Texas robber Brack Cornett is shrouded in mystery. In September 1888, after his gang was broken up, Cornett h…
A Stormy Affair Wes Hardin’s girlfriend once drew down on him.
On August 6, 1895, gunman John Wesley Hardin nearly got into a strange shootout. He and his lover Helen Beulah Mrose wer…
On the Move Joe Hardin’s body wasn’t wanted.
John Wesley Hardin’s older brother Joe had a hard time finding a final resting place. After Wes killed a Texas lawman in…
A Collector Like No Other Historian Doug McChristian’s collection finds a home at Fort Concho.
Of course, he’d become one of the frontier’s most ardent historians and collectors because history called early to Doug …
The Real Doc Josiah Gordon Scurlock ain’t the guy made famous as Billy the Kid’s sidekick in Young Guns.
The movies done Doc Scurlock wrong. Or at least the Young Guns flicks did. The real guy wasn’t Keifer Sutherland-handsom…
The In-law was an Outlaw Clint Barkley—feudist, killer and more.
Clint Barkley, alias Bill Bowen, was an in-law of Texas feudists the Horrells. He was arrested in Lampasas, TX in March …
Which Hanks Did They Kill? Only a mother could tell the difference.
Wild Bunch member O.C. “Camilla” Hanks was almost the victim of mistaken identity when he died. Hanks—also known as “Dea…
After the Battle for the Alamo, Did Any of the Wives or Children of Crockett, Bowie or Travis Visit the Site?
After the battle for the Alamo, did any of the wives or children of Crockett, Bowie or Travis visit the site? Dave Knapp…
A Change of Heart Outlaw Henry Brown tried to turn a new leaf…
Fall 1878. Twenty-one-year-old Henry Brown took a job as a lawman in Tascosa, TX. It’s a bit of a change. He’d just fini…