Few people realize it but the world’s first aerial combat took place near the Arizona-Mexican border. During frequent revolutions in Mexico during...
The Bombing of Naco
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Bad Medicine
In the spring of 1874, medicine man Isa-tai (translates as “Wolf’s Vulva”) convinced 250 Kiowas, Commanches and Southern Cheyenne that White Man...
Bill Hickman
Bill Hickman was an early follower of and bodyguard for Mormon founder Joseph Smith in 1839. After the move to Utah, Hickman became a sheriff,...
The Coolest Guy in the Room
Paul Cool was just that: cool. The coolest. And that went beyond the Old West field. Oh, he was the coolest there, for sure. Cool was an...
Entertainment and the Arts
Back in the days before radio, movies and television, lectures were a popular form of entertainment in Arizona communities. They ranged from...
Augusta Tabor
Augusta Tabor’s life with husband Horace wasn’t easy. They struggled from the 1850s through early 1880s, trying to make their fortune. Augusta was...
Football near the O.K. Corral
George Parsons of Tombstone wrote this in his diary on January 12, 1882: “Grand football racket this afternoon on Fremont Street near Fourth. All...
Rocky Mountain Rails
The chance to get rich quick as a uniquely American article of faith was virtually born in the West. Almost since its beginning, America was the...
The Portrayals of Wyatt Earp
According to the film website IMDb, Wyatt Earp has been portrayed at least 67 times in Westerns, TV shows, docudramas and more. Bert Lindley was...
Jailhouse Rock
In the rough and tumble towns of early Arizona, churches, schools and jails were most conspicuous by their absence. Holbrook became the...
The Treacherous Murder of Captain Emmett Crawford
In January, 1902 when Tom Horn was being interrogated by U. S. Deputy Marshal Joe Lefors regarding the killing of young Willie Nickle he boasted...
The Rightful Writer
Stuart Lake is best known for writing the bio Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal. After it was published in 1931, Lake spent much of his life in...