In October of 2020, I casually purchased a copy of Graveyards of the Wild West: Arizona by Heather L Moulton and Susan Tatterson from my local Barnes and Noble. After thumbing through the book, my mother and I decided it would be fun to take several road trips around our state to visit these Old…
870: Delia Haskett Rawson She Made it Look Easy Born: 7 December 1861, Ukiah, California, United States of America Died: 15 May 1949, California, United States of America At age fourteen, Delia became the first (maybe youngest and maybe only) female stagecoach United States Mail driver in California. The line was carried by Wells Fargo,…
865: Mamie Fossett Deputy Marshal in the Indian Territory Born: 1878, Probably the United States (Not Oklahoma) Died: Unknown Full Name: Mary Frances Fossett Indian Territory was the perfect home for the nation’s worst criminals. With no formal standing police force, and the only law enforcement agents in the state stemming from various tribes and…
856: Elizabeth “Libby” Thompson Madam, Prostitute, and Dance Hall Girl Born: 15 October 1855, Belton, Texas, United States of America Died: 13 April 1953, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Full Name: Mary Elizabeth Haley Thompson Also Known As: Squirrel Tooth Alice (I wish I was kidding) Libby was taken captive by Comanche Native…
474: Paulita Maxwell One of Henry Antrim’s Girlfriends at the Time of His Death Born: c. 1864, Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, USA (Present-day Mora County, New Mexico, United States of America) Died: 17 December 1929, Fort Sumner, New Mexico, United States of America Henry, who was better known as Billy the Kid, was killed…
128: William Cody Also Known as Buffalo Bill Born: 26 February 1846, Scott County, Iowa, United State of America Died: 10 January 1917, Denver, Colorado, United States of America He spent his youth growing up on the prairie and even worked for the short-lived Pony Express at age fourteen. Bill worked as a Union Army…