It seems that everyone in the Old West had nicknames… And some of them were very strange. But, none was as strange as Charles Bryant’s. He was called Black Faced [ … ]

Wyatt Earp Kills George Hoy? In 1876, Wyatt Earp became a policeman in Dodge City, Kansas. A fellow policeman was Jim Masterson, Bat’s brother. On July 29 1878, Wyatt and [ … ]

On July 17, 1870 Deputy U.S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok was in a bar in Hays City, Kansas when two of a group of five Seventh Cavalry troopers suddenly attacked [ … ]

 A constant fear for western towns was fire. The buildings were wood, and with the dry weather, they soon became kindling. During the Denver 1863 fire that fear became a reality. [ … ]

It was 1882. Two of Jesse and Frank James’ cousins, Robert and Charley Ford were applying for a job. What Jesse didn’t know was that the governor had offered the [ … ]

In 1833, when she was a child, the family of Cynthia Ann Parker and several other families came to Texas. One day when the men were in the fields working, a [ … ]

May 29, 1890, The Daily Citizen, Albuquerque, New Mexico – Several remarkable duels have been fought in the dark. In 1800 Isaac Corry and Harry Grattan engaged in a fierce [ … ]

Richard Demandy held as the Denver Strangler for the Mysterious Murders. April 19, 1895, Headlight, Deming, New Mexico – The fiendish crimes of the Market street strangler will be released [ … ]

Joel Fowler was born in Maryland, and he later migrated down to Texas. He spent some time on the stage as an actor and entertainer. Not able to earn much [ … ]

One of the most daring robberies and attempts to murder ever recorded in the annals of crime in San Francisco, was one which was committed on Commercial Street, between Montgomery [ … ]