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
Johnny Ringo was a charismatic, B-list desperado with an A-list reputation in American West history. Best known as…
Lawmen
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…
Outlaws
8 Murderous Facts about John Wesley Hardin
John Wesley Hardin was one of the Old West’s most notorious killers: a ruthless outlaw who once killed…
Women
Soiled Doves: 5 Famous Prostitutes of the Old West
The vast majority of the settlers, trappers, prospectors, and outlaws of the Old West were men. Lonely, horny men.
People
10 Facts You May Not Know About Quanah Parker, the “Last Chief of the Comanche”
The most famous of the Comanches was Quanah Parker, who led them in their last days as an independent power and into life on reservations.