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The Train Robbery Near Papago Station
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.