Prospectors Charles B. Culver and Amos Kindt spent the winter of 1879– 80 at […]
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This Denver Museum Honors Black Homesteaders, Cowboys and Doctors
The Black American West Museum boasts more than 35,000 artifacts. When President Abraham Lincoln […]
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The Battle for San Diego
Carlos and his Kumeyaay warriors attacked both the mission and the presidio in an […]
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Female Buccaneer of the Sagebrush
With grace and dash, Susie Raper faced assorted rustling charges, accusations that she murdered […]
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Bring Me the Head of Clodoveo Chávez
After the hanging of his bandido mentor Tiburcio Vásquez, Chávez continued to terrorize Californians. […]
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Pat Garrett Was the Last Great Frontier Lawman—Even Without His Billy the Kid Fame
The lanky lawman who shot Billy the Kid has never been half as understood or appreciated as the young outlaw with whom he is forever linked.
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How the West Was Measured: Mountaintop Calculations Meant Fewer Ground Surveys
Surveyors faced obstacles but had geometry on their side. Soon after the Civil War […]
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One Young Kiowa Would Not Listen, Which Won Him Respect and a New Name
Botalye rode alone against the soldiers’ position four times in a row. For four […]
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Wynken, Blynken and Drinkin’: Denver Journalist Eugene Field
Field wrote far more than tender children’s verse. Eugene Field is best remembered as […]
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Laughing Sam, Harry Young and Bummer Dan Were Embroiled in a Deadwood Feud
Things turned deadly the month of Hickok’s murder. In July 1876 James Butler Hickok, […]