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A Man of Grit

Mark Boardman

Making The Law Lew Cooley was arrested for breaking a law that didn’t exist.

Mark Boardman

The Mysterious Case Of The Vanishing Train Robbers Several posses scoured the country but the bandits seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Marshall Trimble

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Flying Pesos Grant Wheeler and Joe George were a pair of wannabe train robbers that should have stuck to punchin’ cows.

Marshall Trimble

Ask the Marshall

Did Wells Fargo have its own detective force?

Marshall Trimble

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John X. Beidler

A shotgun messenger in Old Montana left a great legacy of service and courage.

John Boessenecker

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Shotguns and Outlaws

Wells Fargo’s shotgun messenger Mike Tovey was among the bravest of them all.

John Boessenecker

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The Fairbank Train Robbery Five outlaws versus ex-Texas ranger, Jeff Milton.

Marshall Trimble

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Going for the Gold A Confederate unit went outlaw in northern California.

Mark Boardman

illustration stagecoach robbery

Double the Stagecoach Robbery Treasure Two stagecoach robbers hit two stages at the same time.

Mark Boardman

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How Good was Mail Service in the Old West “Remember Boys. Nothing on God’s Earth Must Stop the United States Mail.”

Marshall Trimble

Globe Arizona, 1880. – Courtesy Arizona State Library – True West Magazine

The Brothers Grime Part II The Grime Brothers target another stage.

Marshall Trimble