T he photograph of an unnamed Denver, Colorado saloon taken in 1885 is typical of the average saloon anywhere in the west. It is very possib...

(Click to enlarge) A nice glass slide photographic image of Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado (circa mid to late 1880s). The photograph was ...

I n 1998 I took my daughter to Skagway, Alaska for the centennial observance of Soapy’s death. We were joined by other members of the family...

A very interesting eBay auction finished up on December 22, 2008 for $787.77. I apologize for the poor photographic quality. They came from...

(Click to enlarge) I found the following drawing of Soapy performing the prize package soap racket on the website for Denver Magazine (Nov...

Former Alaska lawmaker faces trial. Pleads not guilty to felony cocaine possession. D ecember 13, 2008: Nick Stepovich, a former Alaska law...

T he following article was published in the February 28, 1907 issue of the Calgary Herald. It is filled with many mistake and reproduce...

A very interesting and typical modus operandi of the Soap Gang. In 1894 Soapy Smith took on the title of "colonel." It was very c...

(Click to enlarge) "S" from Alaska sent us word that a deck of cards called, Alaska's Outlaws, Rebels and Cons featurs Soapy...

S oapy Smith publicly offered the managers of boxers Robert Fitzsimmons and James Corbett, $50,000 to hold the 1898 rematch in Skagway, Alas...

M y business is selling prize packages. No one is obliged to buy. ~ Jefferson R. Smith, Weekly Register Call , 1889.

H ere is a token recently sold on eBay. The use of the name Tivoli in the saloon and gaming business was wide spread in the west. Although t...

(Click to enlarge) W ell I thought it was funny. I made this cartoon a while back using an Ivory soap ad from the Rocky Mountain News , Nove...

S tarted in on your Chapter 13. My gracious--commander of an army to invade Cuba and then coming out the good guy after being beaten by 2 (o...