JEFFERSON RANDOLPH SMITH II colorized by Gary Sheaf (photo: courtesy of Kyle Rosene) nother superb example of Gary Sheaf's c...

t the end of March I published a post entitled, Did Soapy Smith meet Butch Cassidy? I have since learned new information and althoug...

f all the blogs I watch the Skagway Historical Society is up there in my top three! Marlene McCluskey is a wonderful historian and ...

(Click image to enlarge) oday I introduce to you artifact #47 from my personal collection of Soapy Smith ephemera. It is one of Hen...

T he October 2011 Tombstone Epitaph had the following review of my book by historian and author, Gary Ledoux. Below is the complete ...

Inspiration: Soapy wise NOVEMBER 26 1853 : Good friend of Soapy’s, William Barclay “Bat” Masterson is born. 1898 : In a series of ...

A friend of mine, Sanders, sent me the above piece of poetry. It was obviously published long ago, but is as relevant today as Thanksgiv...

H arry Houdini's definition of BUNCO . The origin of the term “bunco” (sometimes spelled bunko) comes from an old English game of c...

G ambling in itself is bad enough even when the game is square (honest); but your professional gambler never plays the game that way. He ...

I felt like posting a humorous picture today, however, the following text is very serious. It is the finishing up of what Dr. Fenton B. ...

Soapy Smith's Descendants at his grave Skagway, Alaska July 8, 1998 (Click image to enlarge) A fter meeting David Nelson, a desc...

(Click image to enlarge) M ost people who come across Soapy's history and wish to contact me don't have too difficult of a time be...

(Click image to enlarge) T hanks Bob! Jeff Smith .