F rom my book, Alias Soapy Smith, we know that Soapy Smith was in Portland, Oregon operating the prize package soap sell racket in August...

A rtifact #46 from my private collection. Ok, not the most exciting item, but it does come from Soapy's son's belongings. The fol...

A street scene from The Shootist I "finished" my Soapy Smith film inspiration page . I put finished in quote marks because...

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I n April of 1889 Soapy Smith had an auction house on Fifteenth Street that was burglarized. Here's a little story about the man, Ted...

"TIPPING THE HAND" Bunco steerer #2 signals the victims poker hand player #1 to bunco steerer #3 I n 1894 Denver, Colorado ...

M y son the artist, markered (Magic Marker) this masterpiece when he was about 5-years-old. He is a great grandson of Soapy Smith. ...

(Click image to enlarge) T he above cabinet photograph entitled Views in Vicinity of Skagway, Alaska sold on eBay recently for $68.89 a l...

Skagway fire P erhaps the worst fear for any historic town where the majority of the structures are made of wood is fire. Skagway, Ala...

Soapy Smith on ivory (Click image to enlarge) S oapy on ivory. I came close to naming this post that because it reminded me of Soapy on...

The Web of Arachne by P. Le Quesne Click image to enlarge B ack on February 1, 2012 I posted the story of discovering and definin...