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June 4, 2012

A wrong corrected: revisited

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The End of Soapy Smith by Andy Thomas (Click image to enlarge)  can still remember how upset I was when a good magician friend of...
June 2, 2012

Annual Soapy Smith wake 2012

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Poster for the Magic Castle event t's that time of year again! Come July 8, 2012 it will be the 114th anniversary of Soapy S...
May 23, 2012

Donna Clayson's chat with Soapy Smith

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Donna Clayson pays her respects ersonal friend, as well as a long standing member of Friends of Bad Man Soapy Smith, Donna Clayso...
May 20, 2012

The Great Gold Rush: A Tale of the Klondike, by William Henry Pope Jarvis, 1913.

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A couple of "gentleman" prepare to roll a drunk "knock-out" drops were often added to victims drinks by the unscrupul...
May 16, 2012

War of 1812: 200th anniversary

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id you know it is the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 ? Yeah, I didn't know either. What do we know about this war? Ok, I do...
May 15, 2012

Is this Soapy Smith?

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Soapy Smith? price: $500 ack on April 28, 2012 I posted the above portrait by artist Bill Cummings of Soapy Smith and mentioned ...
May 13, 2012

Soapy Smith and the Spanish-American War.

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Would he have stayed? MAY 13 1607 : Jamestown, Virginia, is settled as a colony of England. 1648 : Margaret Jones of Ply...
May 11, 2012

Soapy Smith and the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

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The Great Conemaugh Valley Disaster Flood and Fire at Johnstown, Pa. (subtitled) Hundreds Roasted Alive at the Railroad Bridge Publishe...