Arizona Rough Riders
In 1898, Arizona became the first in the nation to sign up for a “cowboy cavalry” for the Spanish-American War. Presco…
Pete Spence
Elliott Larkin Ferguson is best known to history as Pete Spence, one of the Cowboys of Tombstone. Probably his biggest c…
The Reel Walk DownsThe walk that never ends.
The walk down to the lot behind the O.K. Corral has become a ritual in Tombstone productions—re-created, imitated and parodied in perhaps two dozen mo…
On the Trail of the Rocky Mountain Fur CompanyA cross-country adventure awaits the traveler following in the footsteps of the mountain men.
A hundred young men walked into the Rocky Mountains and became legends of the West when they responded to William Henry …
What is the Hole-in-the-Wall Pass in Wyoming?
Terry Kelley Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico The favorite sanctuaries for Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch were Hole-in-the-Wall, in northern Wyoming, Browns Park…
Behan’s LiesWhen Johnny Behan changed his story, he transformed the historical view of the Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral.
One humiliation followed another for popular sheriff Johnny Behan on that fateful October afternoon. He stepped into the…
A Wannabe Badman
James Bliss was a loser. Time and time again, he tried and failed to be a noted Old West badman. A gunfighter, rustler, …
Powhatan Clarke
The brash, young lieutenant won a Medal of Honor in 1886 when he rescued one of his wounded troopers during a fight in t…
The Reel Walk DownsThe walk that never ends.
Behan’s LiesWhen Johnny Behan changed his story, he transformed the historical view of the Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral.
The Walk Down
It was the most famous stroll in American history. Neither fast nor slow. Purposeful, with a sense of intimidation. It has been memorialized on film n…
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