Hank Vaughan, Oregon Rustler
Henry Clay Vaughan was born on April 27, 1849, to Alexander H. and Elizabeth Fields Vaughan. The family farm was located in the Willamette...
Wild Bunch – Kid Curry’s Escape: The Missing Months
Following the July 3, 1901, robbery of a Great Northern train near Wagner, Montana, Harvey Logan (Kid Curry) was able to avoid arrest for...
Wild Bunch – The Ice Wagon Affair
In the fall of 1901, the last thing Nashville, Tennessee, expected was trouble from a train robber. After all, it had been more than...
Wild Bunch – Capturing a Train Robber: Kid Curry’s Escapades in Knoxville, Tennessee
Following their holdup of Great Northern train No. 3, near Wagner, Montana, on July 3, 1901, Harvey Logan (Kid Curry), Ben Kilpatrick and Camillo...
Jim Bridger and the Fur Trade, Part 3
Next came a dispute between Bridger and Brigham Young. The dispute seems to have arisen because Young thought Bridger was inciting the Indians to...
James Ohio Pattie – Fur Trader, Mountain Man, and Explorer
Pattie's family lived in Missouri when James was born. After his mother died of consumption, his father was despondent. About that time, fur trapping...
The Whipple Expedition to the Southwest
Lt. Amiel Weeks Whipple had just finished surveying the border between the U.S. and Mexico when on February 4, 1853, he received orders to...
Newspapers of the Old West
Newspapers were considered a major sign that a western town became civilized. Everyone greeted the arrival of a printing press with great joy. People...
Wild Bunch – The Trials and Travels of Annie Rogers
Wearing expensive clothes and carrying more than $500 in cash, Annie Rogers walked into the Fourth National Bank of Nashville, Tennessee, on the afternoon...
Wild West Women: Adah Isaacs Menken
Adah Isaacs Menken found her own brand of reward in the mining towns of early 1860s Nevada. Adah was as an actress, though she...