American Torero

Yellowstone National Park by David Wessels

4″x5″ Tintype

Fist full of dollars study.

The Man With No Name

Artwork by DimestoreKult  

Young Guns - William H. Bonney (aka Billy the Kid) - 🌟

It was widely assumed during most of the 20th century that Billy the Kid was left-handed. There was even a movie made about him, staring Paul Newman. It was called “The Left Handed Gun”. This belief stemmed from the fact that the only known photographs (shown above) showed him with a Winchester rifle in his right hand and his gun on his left side. However, after experts took a good look at the photograph, it was confirmed that the outlaw’s photo was reversed and that Kid was actually right handed. A closer look shows that the buttons on Kids vest are on the left side (Men’s clothes have buttons on the right). Also, gun experts noticed that the Winchester spring plate (where the cartridges are loaded) was on the left side. Winchester produced firearms with spring plates only on the right side.

Charlie Ford developed an addiction to morphine, was in financial trouble, and diagnosed with tuberculosis when he took his own life on 4 May 1884 (newspaper accounts cite 6 May, but his grave is marked as the fourth).

Jesse James once sought shelter at a lonely farmhouse of a poor widow. She said the debt collector was coming for $1400. James gave her the money, then hid outside. When the debt collector came out of the house, looking pleased, Jesse James robbed him, He took back his $1400 and rode off.

“I’m your huckleberry.”

John Peter Ringgold (3 May 1850–13 July 1882), Johnny Ringo State Historical Landmark, Cochise County, Arizona. He was buried near the spot where he died.

“Behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.”