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Triangle Canyon Shoot-Out

Gunslinger-Will-CarveApril 3, 1900

Lawman George Scarborough and Triangle Ranch manager Walter Birchfield are trailing cow thieves in the San Simon, Arizona, area.

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Wild Bill’s Last Fight

Wild-bills-remorse_bob-boze-bell_western-illustrator.October 5, 1871

The summer cattle season is all but over, and Marshal Wild Bill Hickok has kept the peace in Abilene, Kansas—not an easy job.

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The Lunacy of Billy the Kid

You can't make this stuff up!

Two New Mexico lawmen receive death threats after digging up a body in Arizona.

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The Gentleman Vigilante

elias-whitcomb_gentleman-vigilantesEver heard of Elias Whitcomb?

The Old West is full of brave Indian fighters who settled our country, yet never made dime novels or campfire songs. Whitcomb was one who escaped notoriety despite his outrageous exploits and tight links with notorious killers enshrined forever in books and films.

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Was He a Hero?

Buffalo Bill Cody—a legend in his own time, and in ours.

How did Buffalo Bill Cody survive the ravages of time?

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The Outrageous Climax Jim

climax-jim-potrait_formal-dressClimax Jim was the darling of the Arizona press during the late 1890s. He rose to fame thanks to the fertile imaginations of the old-timers who knew him and the newspaper reporters who embellished and enlivened the activities of this likable street-wise kid from the East Coast who had matured into a notorious escapologist, rustler and rascal. The outlaw’s suggestive sobriquet also made him something of a public curiosity.

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Wild Bill’s Last Fight

classicgunfightsOctober 5, 1871

The summer cattle season is all but over, and Marshal Wild Bill Hickok has kept the peace in Abilene, Kansas—not an easy job. The last marshal, legendary Thomas J. Smith, was killed in the line of duty.

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The Holy Grail for Sale

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The Billy the Kid tintype is on the auction block, and it might just clear half a million.

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The Bloody Bozeman

Fort-Ellis-Montana-1871-Bozeman-Trail-historical-photoTrails across the West in the mid-1800s crisscrossed Indian lands, often displacing the people who had been living on the land for generations. The Bozeman Trail is no exception. It cuts through some of the prime hunting grounds for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Crow tribes and was hotly contested as a result.

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