Lawmen
The Porvenir Massacre: A Borderlands Tragedy
Sometime after midnight on January 28, 1918, Company B of the Texas Rangers—under the command of Captain James…
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N.K. Boswell: The Man Who Tamed Laramie City
In the spring of 1868, the Union Pacific Railroad came roaring west across the plains, laying down ties,…
Life in the West
Old West Hangings: The Grim Ritual of Frontier Justice
Many settlements in the West may not have been as violent as movies often depict them to be,…
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The Menacing Plot to Kill Pat Garrett
On the crisp morning of February 29, 1908, fifty-seven-year-old Pat Garrett loaded his buckboard, embraced his wife and…
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Virgil Earp: The Real Frontier Marshal of Tombstone
Wyatt Earp may be lionized for his role in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, but Virgil Earp…
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Big Jim Courtright: 9 Things 1883 Didn’t Tell Us about the Old West Lawman
If you are a fan of the Paramount+ series Yellowstone (and who isn’t?), you were probably thrilled when…
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8 Famous (and Infamous) Sheriffs of the Old West
The Old West had a reputation for being a lawless place and time. With all the gun-toting, cattle…