Heck Thomas built a legend as one of the most formidable lawmen of the American frontier—one bandit at a time.
Clay Allison wasn’t the most famous outlaw of the Wild West, but he was one of its most dangerous.
Pat Garrett was the New Mexico lawman remembered for one moment etched in time: his deadly confrontation with Billy the Kid in 1881.
Jesse James and his gang of bank robbers seemed unstoppable. But they finally walked into the wrong bank.
No Wild West outlaw was as quietly lethal as Charles Kennedy, who lured lone travelers into his cabin by offering them hot meals before killing them.
Frederick Benteen's decisions at the Battle of the Little Bighorn helped save one battalion from annihilation, even as General Custer rode to his doom.
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