Just when everyone thought the wild Old West was gone, in 1899 a small slight woman outlaw by the name of Pearl Hart and her boyfriend held up a stagecoach [ … ]
Category: Old West Catacombs
Doc Holliday – Myth and Fact
We all think of Doc Holliday as a deadly shootist, killing scores of men. But, in this case our thinking is wrong. In reality, it can only be verified that [ … ]
Another Dodge City Shooting
April 20, 1886, Globe Live Stock Journal, Dodge, Kansas – On last Thursday evening at about six o’clock, another Dodge City shooting took place on the south side of the [ … ]
Death Saved a Born Thief From a Felon’s Cell
JOSIE EVANS, A BORN THIEF, DEFEATS JUSTICE. Wanted for Grand Larceny She Goes to the County Hospital to Pass Her Few Remaining Days. September 12, 1898, Republican, Phoenix, Arizona – Occupying [ … ]
The Bender Family and the Disappearance of Dr. York
The murdering Bender family comprised of Ma & Pa, their daughter Kate and son John Jr., arrived in the Cherryvale, Kansas area in 1871. They opened the Bender Inn, serving [ … ]
Indian Scouts Hanged
March 3, 1882, Fort Grant, Arizona Territory – Indian scouts hanged: Dead Shot, Dandy Jim and Skippy, were hanged here today in the presence of about 200 persons, mostly soldiers, for [ … ]
Blackwell Overland Mail Coach Held Up
ONE IS DEAD AND THE OTHER IS IN JAIL. It is Not Known How Much Booty They Secured as the Survivor of the Trouble Refuses to Talk. February 10, 1895, [ … ]
Reno Brothers – First Gang to Rob a Train
A short-lived, but very active gang of the 1860s was the Reno gang. They were the first gang to rob a train. They also engaged in crimes of all kinds, [ … ]
Gambler Doc Holliday as a Marksman
The date is October 11, 1880. The location is the Oriental Saloon in Tombstone, Arizona. As usual, gambler Doc Holliday is playing poker and deep in the bottle. After Holliday [ … ]
Frank James Surrenders
Six months after a member of his own gang shot Jesse James in the back, and after committing at least twenty robberies, on October 5, 1882, Jesse’s brother Frank James [ … ]