(Click image to enlarge) I received an email with some photos from family member, Carlton Measels. Jeff A friend of mine spent some ...

Earlier post: September 4, 2010 Later post: May 21, 2011 H ad the great pleasure of hearing from Nancy Moriarty in regards to ident...

I t was in 1973 that I had the pleasure of meeting Robert "Bobby" Sheldon, one of the people who witnessed the death of Soapy. ...

F riend Rich left some comments and links to this video. Thanks Rich! Here is the YouTube writeup. This classic short film from Pierre Be...

I t was Thursday night at the Tivoli Club in Denver and no dupes were anywhere in sight so Soapy invited some of the boys to play a little...

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T he latest and very late issue of the Friends of Soapy Smith newsletter was sent out yesterday. Because it was so late in coming out and s...

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Update: September 10, 2010   May 21, 2011 H ere is another fine family photograph with unidentified people. I readily admit that I am n...

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I recently found some photographs of the Dyea Trail that were taken pre-March 1898 and published in Harpers Weekly (March 12, 1898). Not...

O ur friends, Craig and Scott Johnson over at the Blonger Bros. website had a special visitor back in July. Oby Tolman, whose daughter-in...

O ur friend, Gary over at Old West History Net has this great YouTube video made by the High Desert Museum on old west gambling that I t...

(Click image to enlarge) The Prospector Statue in front of the Alaska Pioneer Home, Sitka O ur friend Marlene over at the Skagway Historica...

R eprints of The End of Soapy Smith by Andy Thomas are now available by contacting Mr. Thomas . Prices are as follows: 22 x 28 Giclee ...