Less than four months after a passenger train was robbed near Papago Station, another westbound train was held up on the night of August 10, 1887.
Category: Stories
The Tombstone Duel That Never Happened
Two Tombstone editors traded insults, gathered seconds and surgeons, carried Colt revolvers into Sonora, and stood ten paces apart.
A ONE-ARMED DETECTIVE AND A STAGECOACH ROBBERY
On the night of August 14, 1878, a westbound stage left Tucson carrying passengers, mail and an express box toward Maricopa Wells.
THREE STAGES ROBBED IN ONE NIGHT
the night of August 14, 1878, three stagecoaches were robbed along the desert roads connecting Tucson, Florence, Maricopa Wells, and the settlements farther west.
Creating the Tombstone Mining District
Five miners, a set of boundaries, and the documented beginning of organized Tombstone mining District Before a Town On April 11, 1878,
THE PAPAGO TRAIN ROBBERY
In April 1887, armed robbers stopped a Southern Pacific passenger train near Papago, seized the express and mail cars, and disappeared before a widespread manhunt began.
Train Disaster at Tucson Arizona
Before daylight on January 28, 1903, two Southern Pacific passenger trains were moving toward one another across the desert east of Tucson. Disaster loomed ahead.
Curly Bill “Gets It in the Neck” at Galeyville
In May 1881, Curly Bill was drinking at Galeyville with Jim Wallace and several other cowboys when a dispute involving Deputy Sheriff Billy Breakenridge turned violent.