A western time line by photos

                                           A Timeline of western Figures

                                                 By Gene Stevens 

                    This site is a work in progress. All photos are either from the authors

                                   collection, or permission was given for use.

                                                        Copyright 2024 (c)

From the Authors collection

Luke Short first met Wyatt Earp, William H. Harris, 

and Bat Masterson in Tombstone.

Based on their previous friendship, Harris 

had no problem convincing his partners

to engage Earp as a faro dealer at their 

Oriental Saloon in Tombstone. On Friday, 

February 25, 1881, Short was serving as the 

lookout, seated next to the dealer at

a faro game in the Oriental, when he was 

involved in what became a well-known gunfight.

His opponent was Charlie Storms.

From the Cantey Myer Collection

Charlie Storm Killed by Luke Short in 1881 in Tombstone AZ

From the Authors Collection

OK Corral gunfight October1881

From the authors collection

OK Corral gunfight 1881

Morgan Earp Killed by an unknown assassin.

March 18th 1882

Courtesy Emory Cantey

Famed Marksman, Annie Oakley worked with Buffalo Bills Wild West Show

in 1886, Photo from the authors collection

From the Authors Collection

William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917), 

known as Buffalo Bill, was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman.

One of the most famous and well-known figures of the American Old West, Cody started his legend when he was only 23. Shortly thereafter he started performing in shows that displayed cowboy themes and episodes from the frontier and Indian Wars. He founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1883, taking his large company on tours in the United States and, beginning in 1887, in Europe.

Cole, Bob and Jim Younger

captured after the bank heist in

Northfield Minnesota on

07 September 1886

Photo taken at Stillwater Prison with

sister Henrietta 1889 at Stillwater Prison

From the Authors collection

Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid 1900

This image is alleged to be from the Nevada Historical Society, It shows the famous group portrait taken in Fort Worth, Texas shortly after Butch Cassidy and his gang robbed the Einnemucca, Nev., bank in 1900. They sent the photo to the bank with a thank you note. Shown are Bill Carver, top left, the Sundance Kid, bottom left, and Butch Cassidy, bottom right. The other two members of the gang are not identified.  

From the Authors Collection

Geronimo died in 1909

Geronimo (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaałé, Athapascan pronunciation: [kòjàːɬɛ́], lit. 'the one who yawns'; June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a military leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache bands – the Tchihende, the Tsokanende (called Chiricahua by Americans) and the Nednhi – to carry out numerous raids, as well as fight against Mexican and U.S. military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahua and Sonora and in the southwestern American territories of New Mexico and Arizona.