Wild West

During his lifetime, many men underestimated or ignored Luke Short. He stood less than 5’6” tall and seemed like a natural target for the type of bully that frequented the American “Wild West” period. But those who tried to take advantage…

The infamous Belle Starr was born Myra Maybelle Shirley in 1848, though everyone just called her May. The Shirleys lived in Missouri, where May’s father John owned a successful farm on the outskirts of Carthage. Her mother Eliza was John’s…

Jesse James was born on September 5th, 1847, in Missouri. He was the middle child of a Baptist preacher named Alexander James. (He had an elder brother named Frank, and a younger sister named Susan. Another elder brother, Robert, died in…

John Eugene Osborne, future governor of Wyoming, was born in the state of New York in 1858. His parents were both immigrants - his father came from England, while his mother was Canadian. The family lived in the town of Westport which…

Life on the frontier has always had a romantic air. Where civilisation ends, and wilderness begins, then there is room for tales of people we can relate to; having adventures we can only dream of. Still, every frontier comes to an end,…