People
James Kirker: Lord of the Scalp Hunters
On July 7, 1846, a camp of peace-seeking Chokonen and Nednhi Chiricahua Apache men, women, and children was…
Lawmen
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,…
Outlaws
The Northfield Raid & the Strange Fate of Two Dead Outlaws
On Friday, July 7, 1876, the James-Younger Gang robbed an express car on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in…
Lawmen
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…
Outlaws
Jack McCall: The Man Who Killed Wild Bill Hickok
On November 9, 1876, two men attempted to escape from the jail in Yankton, Dakota Territory. Both had…
Outlaws
Rufus Buck and His Gang: A Tale of Violence and Frontier Justice
On July 1, 1896, five young men, chained and dressed in black, walked to the gallows at Fort…
Outlaws
Shanghai Kelly: San Francisco’s King Crimp
In the last half of the 1800s, the bustling port town of San Francisco, which grew out of…
Outlaws
Was Ike Clanton Really the Loudmouth Coward of Tombstone?
When the dust settled on the most infamous gunfight in the West, three men lay dying in the…
People
13 Bizarre Facts About Liver-Eating Johnson, the Revenge-Seeking, Cannibalistic Mountain Man
Have you ever watched the 1972 Western movie Jeremiah Johnson, starring Robert Redford as the title character? Good…
Outlaws
The Real Story of Doc Holliday and Big Nose Kate
In 1877 Fort Griffin, Texas was at the height of its boom. The military post had been an…
Outlaws
Curly Bill Brocius: Was He Really Shot and Killed by Wyatt Earp?
William “Curly Bill” Brocius was only on Arizona’s Old West scene for a little more than three years,…
Outlaws
7 Facts about Johnny Ringo You Won’t Learn from Movies
Best known as an outlaw who sided with the Cowboys against the Earps, Johnny Ringo has been portrayed…