Killer for Hire Tom Horn on This Day in History

 

This day in history: American scout, cowboy, soldier, range detective, and Pinkerton agent Tom Horn was executed by hanging on this day in 1903. “Killing is my specialty,” Horn reportedly once said. “I look at it as a business proposition, and I think I have a corner on the market.” 

"He was an unusually skilled rifleman, an ability that may have later encouraged him to gravitate towards a career as a professional killer. That his father was a violent man, who severely beat his son, might also explain how Horn came to be such a remorseless killer." Source

Horn is most notorious for being hired by numerous cattle companies as a cowboy and hired gun to watch over their cattle and kill any suspected rustlers. Horn developed his own means to fight thieves: "I would simply take the calf and such things as that stopped the stealing. I had more faith in getting the calf than in courts". If he thought a man were guilty of stealing cattle and had been fairly warned, Horn said that he would shoot the thief and would not feel "one shred of remorse".

Horn often gave a warning first to those he suspected of rustling and was said to have been a "tremendous presence" whenever he was in the vicinity. Fergie Mitchell, a rancher on the North Laramie River, described Horn's reputation: "I saw him ride by. He didn't stop, but went straight on up the creek in plain sight of everyone. All he wanted was to be seen, as his reputation was so great that his presence in a community had the desired effect. Within a week, three settlers in the neighborhood sold their holdings and moved out. That was the end of cattle rustling on the North Laramie".

Horn’s reign of murder ended in 1903 when he was hanged for killing a 14-year-old boy.

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American Outlaw Billy the Kid on This Day in History

 

This day in history: American outlaw Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the Maxwell House at Fort Sumner, New Mexico on this day in 1881.

Or was he?

"Many people—including some claiming to be Billy himself—have said Billy didn't actually die on July 14, 1881 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, which is the official story. Many claim that Sheriff Pat Garrett didn't kill Billy, but actually helped him fake his death and happily ride off into the sunset." Source 

Billy the Kid had many aliases (Henry McCarty, William Henry Bonney [William H. Bonney], Oliver P. Roberts [Ollie], but maybe also "Brushy" Bill Roberts. "Brushy Bill lived out a peaceful life in the central Texas town of Hico until he suffered a heart attack while walking to the post office in 1950 at the age of 90. Up until his death, Brushy Bill maintained that he was Billy the Kid." Source 

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Crime Boss Soapy Smith on This Day in History

 

This day in history: The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, released Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip on this day in 1879.

Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II (November 2, 1860 – July 8, 1898) was an American con artist and gangster in the American frontier.

Smith operated confidence schemes across the Western United States, and had a large hand in organized criminal operations in both Colorado and the District of Alaska. Smith gained notoriety through his "prize soap racket," in which he would sell bars of soap with prize money hidden in some of the bars' packaging in order to increase sales. However, through sleight of hand, he would ensure that only members of his gang purchased "prize" soap. The racket led to his nickname "Soapy."

The success of his soap racket and other scams helped him finance three successive criminal empires in Denver and Creede, both in Colorado, and in Skagway, Alaska.

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The Coffeyville Bank Robbery on This Day in History

 

This day in history: The famous Dalton Gang attempted the daring daylight robbery of two Coffeyville, Kansas, banks at the same time on this day in 1892. The Dalton Gang was a group of outlaws in the American Old West during 1890–1892. It was also known as The Dalton Brothers because four of its members were brothers. The gang specialized in bank and train robberies.

One of the brothers set on a plan that would "beat anything Jesse James ever did—rob two banks at once, in broad daylight." On October 5, 1892, the Dalton gang attempted this feat when they set out to rob the C.M. Condon & Company's Bank and the First National Bank on opposite sides of the street in Coffeyville, Kansas.

Although they were wearing disguises "someone recognized one of the gang members and began quietly spreading the word that the town banks were being robbed. Thus, while Bob and Emmett were stuffing money into a grain sack, the townspeople ran for their guns and quickly surrounded the two banks. When the Dalton brothers walked out of the bank, a hail of bullets forced them back into the building.

When the gun battle was over, the people of Coffeyville had destroyed the Dalton Gang, killing every member except for Emmett Dalton. But their victory was not without a price: the Dalton’s took four townspeople to their graves with them. After recovering from serious wounds, Emmett was tried and sentenced to life in prison. After 14 years he won parole, and he eventually leveraged his cachet as a former Wild West bandit into a position as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Several years after moving to California, he died at the age of 66 in 1937." Source

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Mormon Gunfighter Porter Rockwell on This Day in History

 

This Day In History: Orrin Rockwell died on this day (June 9) in 1878. Rockwell was a figure of the Wild West period of American history. A lawman in the Utah Territory, he was nicknamed Old Port and The Destroying Angel of Mormondom. 

Rockwell served as a bodyguard, and was a personal friend, of Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith. After Smith's death in 1844, Rockwell became a bodyguard of his successor, Brigham Young, and traveled with him and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to the Salt Lake Valley in the present-day U.S. state of Utah. 

"While it is believed he killed many men as a gunfighter, religious enforcer, and Deputy Marshal, Rockwell told a crowd in 1869, 'I never killed anyone who didn’t need killing'. However, many considered him an outlaw, suspecting him in the murders of several in service to the church. This included ‘Aiken affair’, an incident involving six professional gamblers from California who would be murdered, allegedly by Rockwell, while being escorted out of Utah Territory in 1857. Rockwell would be indicted for the incident some 20 years later but died before his trial." Source

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Female Outlaw Pearl Hart on This Day in History

 

This Day in History: Pearl Hart, a Canadian born female outlaw of the Old West, robbed a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona on this day (May 30) in 1899. This was the last recorded stagecoach robbery and the only one in my memory committed by a woman.

Hart and a friend named Joe Boot decided to rob a stagecoach that traveled between Globe and Florence, Arizona. The robbery occurred at a watering point near Cane Springs Canyon, about 30 miles southeast of Globe. Hart had cut her hair short and dressed in men's clothing. Hart was armed with a .38 revolver while Boot had a Colt .45. One of the last stagecoach routes still operating in the territory, the run had not been robbed in several years and thus the coach did not have a shotgun messenger. The pair stopped the coach and Boot held a gun on the robbery victims while Hart took $431.20 (equivalent to $14,045 in 2021) and two firearms from the passengers. After returning $1 to each passenger, she then took the driver's revolver. After the robbers had galloped away on their horses, the driver unhitched one of the horses and headed back to town to alert the sheriff.

A posse led by Sheriff Truman of Pinal County caught up with the pair on June 5, 1899. Finding both of them asleep, Sheriff Truman reported that Boot surrendered quietly while Hart fought to avoid capture.

Other known female outlaws of the old west are Laura Bullion, a.k.a. the Rose of the Wild Bunch, Belle Siddons, a.k.a. Madam Vestal, Rose Dunn, a.k.a. Rose of the Cimarron, Sarah Jane Newman, a.k.a. Sally Scull, Mary Katherine Haroney, a.k.a. Big Nose Kate, Belle Starr, Etta Place, Eleanor Dumont, a.k.a. Madame Mustache

 and Bonnie Parker. 

There was even a serial killer in 19th century America named Belle Gunness, who may have been responsible for forty murders.

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The "Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight"

This Day in History: The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight was a famous gun fight that occurred on this day (April 14) in 1881, on El Paso Street, in El Paso, Texas. Witnesses generally agreed that the incident lasted no more than five seconds after the first gunshot, though a few would insist it was at least ten seconds. Marshal Dallas Stoudenmire accounted for three of the four fatalities with his two .44 caliber Smith & Wesson revolvers.

On April 14, 1881, a group of about 75 heavily armed Mexicans moved into El Paso, Texas looking for two missing vaqueros named Sanchez and Juarique, who had been searching for 30 head of cattle stolen from Mexico. The corpses of the two missing men were located near a ranch of a suspected cattle rustler. The bodies were brought to town and two Americans were charged with the murders. 

Marshal Dallas Stoudenmire, a noted gunfighter, had only started as town marshal on April 11. He was present at the proceedings in town. While eating supper, Marshal Stoudenmire heard a shot and jumped up from his dining chair at the Globe Restaurant, pulled out his pistols, and ran out into the street. While running, Stoudenmire fired wildly, killing Ochoa, an innocent Mexican bystander who was running for cover. As the first shot was heard, a man named John Hale jumped behind a thick adobe pillar. When he peered out from behind the pillar, Stoudenmire fired and struck Hale between the eyes, killing him instantly.

A man named Campbell stepped from cover with his pistol drawn, saw Hale lying dead, and yelled to Stoudenmire that this was not his fight. However, a Constable Krempkau, mistakenly believed that Campbell had shot him, then fired his pistol twice at Campbell before losing consciousness from loss of blood. Krempkau's first bullet struck Campbell's gun and broke his right wrist, while the second hit him in the foot. Campbell screamed in pain and scooped up his gun from the ground with his left hand. Stoudenmire whirled away from Hale and instantly fired at Campbell, who dropped his gun again, grabbed his stomach and collapsed onto the ground. Stoudenmire walked slowly toward Campbell and glared at him. In agony, Campbell yelled, "You big son of a bitch! You murdered me!" Stoudenmire said nothing. Both Campbell and Krempkau died within minutes.

After just a few seconds, four men lay dead or dying. Three Texas Rangers were standing nearby, but did not take part, saying later that they felt Stoudenmire had the situation well in hand.

Three days after the gunfight, James Manning, a friend of Hale and Campbell, convinced former deputy Bill Johnson to assassinate Stoudenmire. Stoudenmire had publicly humiliated Johnson days before. Late at night of April 17, an intoxicated Johnson was hiding behind a pillar of bricks, but his wobbly legs gave in and he fell backward, squeezing the double triggers of his double barreled shotgun into the air and narrowly missing Stoudenmire. Stoudenmire immediately fired his pistols and sent a volley of eight bullets at Johnson, shooting off his testicles. Johnson bled to death quickly.

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Gunfighter-Dentist Doc Holliday on This Day in History

 

Today in History: American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist Doc Holliday died of Tuberculosis (TB, Consumption) at age 36 on this day in 1887. He was famously played by Val Kilmer in the 1993 movie Tombstone. 

Did you know: Margaret Mitchell, the author of “Gone with the Wind,” was related to Doc Holliday. Also, Doc died on Nov. 8, 1887 and Margaret Mitchell was born 13 years later on Nov. 8, 1900. 

Doc shot many people in his life, almost all of them in self defense. His habit was to aim for his assailant’s shooting arm which both disarmed and inflicted a wound that, while painful was not fatal.

Even though Doc died penniless, in his short life he owned a dental practice, a saloon and even a silver mine.

Throughout his lifetime, Holliday was known by many of his peers as a tempered, calm, Southern gentleman. In an 1896 article, Wyatt Earp said:

"I found him a loyal friend and good company. He was a dentist whom necessity had made a gambler; a gentleman whom disease had made a vagabond; a philosopher whom life had made a caustic wit; a long, lean blonde fellow nearly dead with consumption and at the same time the most skillful gambler and nerviest, speediest, deadliest man with a six-gun I ever knew."

In a newspaper interview, Holliday was once asked if his conscience ever troubled him. He is reported to have said, "I coughed that up with my lungs, years ago.

Bat Masterson, who had several contacts with Holliday over his lifetime, had a different opinion of Holliday:

"While he never did anything to entitle him to a Statue in the Hall of Fame, Doc Holliday was nevertheless a most picturesque character on the western border in those days when the pistol instead of law determined issues.... Holliday had a mean disposition and an ungovernable temper, and under the influence of liquor was a most dangerous man…. Physically, Doc Holliday was a weakling who could not have whipped a healthy fifteen-year-old boy in a go-as-you-please fist fight."

Holliday was born in Griffin, Georgia, and every year that town holds a "Doc Holliday Days" event, and Valdosta, Georgia held a Doc Holliday look-alike contest in January 2010. 

Tombstone, Arizona also holds an annual Doc Holli-Days, which started in 2017 and celebrate the gunfighter-dentist on the 2nd weekend of August each year. Events include gunfights, a parade, and a Doc Holliday look-alike contest. Val Kilmer, who played Doc in 1993's Tombstone, was the grand marshal in 2017 and Dennis Quaid, who played Doc in 1994's Wyatt Earp, was the grand marshal in 2018.

Many people have died of TB throughout history, including Frédéric Chopin, Andrew Jackson, Vivien Leigh, Eleanor Roosevelt, Stephen Crane, Paul Gauguin, George Orwell, Franz Kafka, Louis Braille, Walt Whitman, John Calvin, W.C. Fields and Jane Austen to name but a few.

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Contents:

Wild Bill's Last Trail 1886 (Diamond Dick)

Frank James on the Trail 1882 (Dime Novel)

Dashing Diamond Dick - The Tigers of Tombstone 1898 by WB Lawson

Wild Bill's Sable Pard by Burt Standish 1892

The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid by Pat Garrett 1882

Billy the Kid- The True Story of a Western Bad Man, article in Everybody's magazine

History of Billy the Kid by Charles Siringo 1920

Buffalo Bill's Wild West and congress of Rough Riders of the World 1893 *

Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace by John M Burke 1893

Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Companions, including Wild Bill, Texas Jack, California Joe, Capt. Jack Crawford, and other famous scouts of the Western Plains 1893

The Last American Frontier by Frederic Paxson 1910

Bill Jones of Paradise Valley BY John Callison 1914

Heroes of the Plains (Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill, Kit Carson, Capt. Payne, Capt. Jack, Texas Jack, California Joe) including a true and Thrilling History of Custer's famous "last fight" on the Little Big Horn, with Sitting Bull by James Buel 1891

Story of the Wild West and Camp-fire chats (Boone, Crockett, Carson and Buffalo Bill) by Buffalo Bill 1888

Famous Scouts by Charles Johnston 1910 (Boone, Houston, Crockett etc)

Life of Pat Garrett and the Taming of the Border Outlaw by J Scanlon 1920

The life of John Wesley Hardin 1896

The Expedition of the Donner party and its tragic fate by Eliza Houghton 1911

History of the Donner Party - a tragedy of the Sierra by Charles McGlashan 1907

The Passing of the Cowboy, article in the Overland monthly and Out West magazine 1902

Winnetou the Apache Knight by Karl May 1898
(Karl May was a German writer of Westerns who never visited the West, and was deeply admired by Hitler.)

Davy Crockett by William Sprague 1915

Remember the Alamo by Amelia Barr 1888

The Fall of the Alamo by Francis Nona 1879

The Indian girl who Led Them, Sacajawea by Amy Maguire 1905

Bat Masterson, Gunfighter and Gentleman, article in Hunter-Trader-Trapper 1921

Legends of the West by James Hall 1854

An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill 1920

The Buffalo Runners by R. M. Ballantyne 1891

The Red Mans Revenge by R. M. Ballantyne 1890

Myths and Legends of the Great Plains by KB Judson 1913

Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest by KB Judson 1910

Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by KB Judson 1912

Indian Fairy Tales by WS Philipps 1902

Thrilling lives of Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill by Frank Winch 1911

Life and adventures of Frank and Jesse James by Joseph Dacus 1880

Jesse James and his band of notorious Outlaws by W Gordon 1891

Jesse James, my Father - the First and Only True Story of his Adventures ever written by J. James 1906

Outlaws of the Border - a complete and authentic history of the lives of Frank and Jesse James, the Younger brothers, and their robber companions by Jay Donald 1882

American Inventions and Improvements in Breech-loading Small Arms, heavy ordnance, machine guns, magazine arms, fixed ammunition, pistols, projectiles, explosives by Charles Norton 1880

The Modern American Pistol and Revolver Including a description of modern pistols and revolvers of American make by Arthur Gould 1888

Life in the far West - A detective's thrilling adventures among the Indians and outlaws of Montana by CH Simpson 1896

The Outlaws - a story of the building of the West by Le Roy Armstrong 1902

The Log of a Cowboy - a narrative of the Old Trail Days by Andy Adams 1903

Cowboy life in Texas - 27 years a Mavrick by WS James 1898

Massacre of Salt Creek Prairie and the Cowboy's verdict by Robert Carter 1919

Songs of the Cowboys by NH Thorp 1921

Life of Sitting Bull and History of the Indian War of 1890-91 by Willis Johnson 1891

Calamity Jane, article in The wide world magazine 1903

A Texas Cowboy - 15 years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony by Charles Siringo 1886

The true story of the death of Sitting Bull by E Fechet 1895

Thrilling scenes among the Indians with a graphic description of Custer's last fight with Sitting Bull by TM Newsom 1890

The Gentle Art of Train Robbery, article in Shields' magazine 1905

The Story of the Outlaw = a Study of the Western Desperado by E Hough 1907

Train and Bank Robbers of the West by A Appler 1889

A Thrilling and Truthful History of the Pony Express by W Visscher 1908

The Story of the Pony Express by G Bradley 1913

Redskin and Cowboy - a Tale of the Western Plains by GA Henty 1919

When the West was Young by F. Bechdolt 1922

The Wonderlands of the Wild West with sketches of the Mormons by AB Carlton 1891

Wild Western Scenes (Daniel Boone) by JB Jones 1873

Buffalo Land - an authentic account of the discoveries, adventures, and mishaps of a scientific and sporting party in the wild West by WE Webb 1874

The Wild Man of the West - a tale of the Rocky Mountains by RM Ballantyne 1864

The Sheriff of Badger - a tale of the Southwest borderland 1912

History of the Sioux War and Massacres of 1862 and 1863 (1865) by Isaac Heard

Following the frontier by Roger Pocock 1903

A Lone Star Cowboy - being 50 years experience in the Saddle as Cowboy, Detective and New Mexico ranger by Charles Siringo 1919

With Crockett and Bowie Fighting for the Lone-star flag by Kirk Munroe 1897

Frontier Stories by Bret Harte 1897

Captured and Branded by the Comanche Indians by E Eastman 1876

Kit Carson's fight with the Comanche and Kiowa Indians by G Pettis 1908

In the bosom of the Comanches by Theodore Babb 1912

The Mountain Meadows massacre by Josiah Gibbs 1910

The Mountain Meadows Massacre - who were guilty of the crime? by Charles Penrose 1899

History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, or the butchery in cold blood of 134 men, women and children by Mormons and Indians, September 11, 1857 by 1877

Wild life on the plains and horrors of Indian warfare 1891

Western Wilds and the Men who redeem them by John Beadle 1878

The Sunset Trail by Alfred Henry Lewis 1906

Poems of the Plains by William Crabb 1873

Myths and Tales from the White Mountain Apache by PE Goddard 1919

On the trail of Geronimo by ES Ellis 1889

Tonio, Son of the Sierras - a story of the Apache War 1906

The Old Regime in the Southwest, article in The Century illustrated monthly magazine 1902 (The Reign of the Revolver in New Mexico) - Great Illustrations

The Art of Wing Shooting, a practical treatise on the use of the shot-gun by William by WB Leffingwell 1895

Sacajawea, the Indian princess - the Indian girl who piloted the Lewis and Clark expedition across the Rocky mountains, a play in three acts by Anna Wolfrom 1918

Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie McLaughlin 1916

Dodge City, the Cowboy Capital, and the Great South-west in the days of the wild Indian, the buffalo, the cowboy, dance halls, gambling halls and bad men by Robert Wright 1913

The Vigilantes of Montana - Popular justice in the Rocky mountains Being a correct and impartial narrative of the chase, trial, capture, and execution of Henry Plummer's road agent band, together with accounts of the lives and crimes of many of the robbers and desperadoes by Thomas Dimsdale 1921

Opening the West with Lewis and Clark by E Sabin 1917

The Apache Kid, article in Outing magazine 1905

James Boys - Deeds of Daring - a complete record of their lives and deaths, narrating many of their stirring adventures, which have only recently come to light, and which have never appeared in print before by Edgar James 1911

Memoirs of the Mexican Revolution by William Robinson 1820

100 Great Battles of the rebellion; a detailed account of regiments and batteries engaged, casualties, killed, wounded and missing, and the number of men in action in each regiment; also, all the battles of the revolution, war of 1812-5, Mexican war, Indian battles, American-Spanish war, and naval battels by WP Kremer 1906

A Complete History of the Mexican war by NC Brooks 1851

Indian and Scout - a tale of the Gold Rush to California by FS Brereton 1911

Sketches of History, Life, and Manners, in the West, Volume 1 by James Hall 1835

Sketches of History, Life, and Manners, in the West, Volume 2 by James Hall 1835

Over the Rocky Mountains by R.M. Ballantyne 1869

The Awakening of the Desert by Julius Birge 1912

Life among the Choctaw Indians by C Benson 1860

The Cattle Queen of Montana by Elizabeth Collins 1894

The Navajos by Oscar Lipps 1909

Adventures with Indians by Philip V Mighels 1908

Adventures of Dick Onslow among the Red Indians by William Kingston 1899

Cache la Poudre - the romance of a tenderfoot in the days of Custer by Herbert Myrick 1905

Red Men and White by Owen Wister 1903

The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux outbreak of 1890 by James Mooney 1896

Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie McLaughlin 1916

Famous Frontiersmen by Charles Johnston 1913

The Quirt and the Spur - vanishing shadows of the Texas frontier by Edgar Rye 1909

History of Texas, together with a biographical history of the cities of Houston and Galveston 1895


Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey 1912

A Popular Life of Gen. George A. Custer by Frederick Whittaker 1876

George Armstrong Custer by Frederick S Dellenbaugh 1917

On the Plains with Custer by Edwin L Sabin 1917

The Master of the Strong Hearts - a Story of Custer's Last Rally by Edridge S Brooks 1910

Boots and Saddles - Life in Dakota with General Custer by Elizabeth Bacon Custer

Campaigns of General Custer in the North-West, and the final surrender of Sitting Bull by Judson E Walker 1881

Winning the Southwest: a Story of Conquest by Glenn D Bradley 1912

Hard Knocks - a life Story of the Vanishing West by Harry Young 1915

The Passing of the Indian and Buffalo by JH Hill 1917

The Passing of the Buffalo by Buckskin 1916

The Last of the Buffalo by George B Grinnell 1892

King of the Thundering Herd - the Biography of an American Bison by Clarence Hawkes 1911*

Tombstone - the Dead Town of Arizona by Grace and Zella Bissell 1915

Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa 1901

Old Californian Days by James Steele 1889

Amelia Sherwood - Bloody scenes at the California gold mines by Walter Graham 1850

Pen Pictures of Early Western Days by Virginia W Ivins 1905

Off to Klondyke - A Cowboys Rush to the Gold Fields by Gordon Stables 1898

The Vanishing Race - the Last Great Indian Council by Joseph K Dixon 1913

Prominent Men of the Great West 1894

Mary and I - 40 years with the Sioux by Stephen R Riggs 1887

Life and Marvelous Adventures of Wild Bill by JW Buel 1880

The Black Horse by Carl L Kingsbury 1908

The Boy from the West by Gilbert Patten 1899

The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister 1904

Cowboy Songs and other Frontier Ballads by John A Lomax 1910

The Loom of the Desert by Idah M Strobridge 1907*

Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail by Theodore Roosevelt 1903

Ten Years a Cowboy by CC Post 1898

Let 'er Buck, a story of the Passing of the Old West by Charles W Furlong 1921

Crooked Trails by Frederic Remington 1899

Cowboys of the Wild West - a graphic portrayal of Cowboy life on the boundless plains of the Wild West by Harry Hawkeye 1908

History of the Chisum War by Ike Fridge 1900

Reminiscences of a Ranchman by Edgar Beecher Bronson 1908

Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack by Frank Benton 1903

Twenty Years in the Wild West by Mrs Houstoun 1879

A-Saddle in the Wild West by William H Rideing 1879

Olden Times in Colorado by Carlyle Channing Davis 1916

The Old Santa Fe Trail by Colonel Henry Inman 1916

The Round-up - Geronimo's Last Raid by Edward S Ellis 1908

The Apache Kid, article in the Outing magazine 1905

The Apache Kid, article in the World Wide Magazine 1904

Man Killers at Close Range, article in Munsey's Magazine 1902

Curly - a Tale of the Arizona Desert by Roger Pocock 1905

Life and Adventures of Sam Bass - the Notorious Union Pacific and Texas Train Robber 1878

Six Years with the Texas Rangers by James B Gillett 1921

With the Border Ruffians by RH Williams 1907

A Cowboy Detective by Charles A. Siringo - 1912

History of the Cherokee Indians and their Legends and Folk Lore by Emmet Starr 1921

Ventures and adventures of Ezra Meeker 1909

Noted Ruerrillas - The warfare of the Border. Being a history of the lives and adventures of Quantrell, Bill Anderson, George Todd, Dave Poole, Fletcher Taylor, Peyton Long, Oll Shepherd, Arch Clements, John Maupin, Tuck and Woot Hill, Wm. Gregg, Thomas Maupin, the James brothers, the Younger brothers, Arthur McCoy, and Numerous other well known Guerrillas of the West by John N Edwards 1879

Early Settlers and Indian fighters of Southwest Texas by AJ Sowell 1900

Early Pioneer Days in Texas by J Taylor Allen 1918

Captain Jeff - Frontier life in Texas with the Texas Rangers, some unwritten history and facts in the thrilling experiences of Frontier Life by William J Maltby 1906

Early Times in Texas by John C Duval 1892

Brigham's Destroying Angel: Being the Life, Confession, and Startling Disclosures of the Notorious Bill Hickman the Danite Chief of Utah by William Adams Hickman

Utah and the Mormons by Benjamin Ferris 1854

Popular History of Utah by Orson F Whitney 1916

Wife no. 19 - The story of a Life of Bondage by Ann Eliza Young 1876

Echoes from the Rocky mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West by John W Clampitt 1889

Life of a Pioneer by James S Brown 1900

Arizona Nights by Stewart Edward White 1907

Indian Fights and Fighters: the Soldier and the Sioux by Cyrus Townsend Brady 1904

History of the Northern Pacific Railroad by Eugene Virgil Smalley - 1883

The Octopus - a History of the Construction, conspiracies, extortions, robberies, and villainous acts of the Central Pacific, Southern Pacific of Kentucky, Union Pacific, and other subsidized railroads by John R Robinson 1894

The Great Western Special - 3 Complete Western Novels (The Two-gun Man, The Coming of the Law, The Trail to Yesterday) by Charles Alden Seltzer - 1913

The Mysterious Rider - A Novel, by Zane Grey 1921

The End of the Trail - the Far West from New Mexico to British Columbia by E Alexander Powell 1914

Who's Who in South Dakota, Volume 1 by O.W. Coursey 1913

Who's Who in South Dakota, Volume 2 by O.W. Coursey 1913

Who's Who in South Dakota, Volume 3 by O.W. Coursey 1913

Arizona - Prehistoric - Aboriginal - Pioneer - Modern, Volume 1 by James H McClintock 1916

Arizona - Prehistoric - Aboriginal - Pioneer - Modern, Volume 2 by James H McClintock 1916

Cowmen and Rustlers by Edward S Ellis 1898

Western Memories by Eleanor Taylor Taylor 1914

Seven and Nine Years among the Camanches and Apaches by Edwin Eastman 1874

Gray Wolf Stories: Indian Mystery Tales of Coyote, Animals and Men by Bernard Sexton 1921

The Mythology of the Wichita by George A Dorsey 1904

"James Bowie", a Hero of the Alamo by Evelyn Brogan - 1922

History and Legends of the Alamo by Adina De Zavala 1917

Historical Sketch and Guide to the Alamo by Leonora Bennett 1904

Tangled Trails - a Western Detective Story by William MacLeod Raine 1921

The Passing of the Old West by Hal G Evarts 1921

The Passing of the Frontier - a chronicle of the Old West by Emerson Hough 1920

In the Old West by George Frederick Ruxton 1915

Deadwood Dick as Detective 1885

Scalping Jack the Scout: A Terrible Twenty-five Cent Dime Novel By Bricktop 1872

Diamond Dick Jr's call down - King of the Silver Box 1896

Buffalo Bill the Buckskin king 1880

The Story of the Cowboy by Emerson Hough 1908

The Story of the Indian by George Bird Grinnell 1909

The Story of the Railroad by Cy Warman 1898

The Story of the Mine (Great Comstock - Nevada) by Charles H Shinn 1896

The Story of the Trapper by Agnes C Laut 1902

Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys by George W Peck 1907

Sam Houston, by George S Bryan 1917

Sam Houston and the war of independence in Texas by Alfred M Williams 1893

The Cowboy, his Characteristics, his Equipment and his Part in the Development of the West by Philip Ashton Rolins 1922