Chuckwagon, 1887: Cowboys seated around a chuckwagon at their campsite in Belle Fouche [sic] South Dakota. Photographed by John C. H. Grabill in 1887.
Chuckwagon Detail: A detail from the photo above. Beans again?

New-York Times / August 20, 1885

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20. -- A dispatch from Toyaha, Texas, says: "John Morris, Sheriff of Reeves County, got on a big spree Tuesday night and used his pistol freely. An attempt was made to arrest him by Sergt. Courtright and three other State Rangers, when Morris opened fire on them, killing O.P. Nigh, and seriously wounding Sam Lane. The Sheriff was then shot three times and killed.

Related Jim Courtright articles: A Texas Murderer's Capture, The Notorious Luke Short Shot, Riot Ends in Bloodshed

The overland stage road between Ogden, Utah, and Helena, Montana (a journey of some 450 miles), crossing the Beaver Head River at Point of Rocks by means of a plank bridge. Photograph by Jackson, 1871. Super-size version.

The Indiana Messenger / January 28, 1903

PLUCK AND ADVENTURE. (An update on the demise of “California Dan”)

Colonel Kosterlitski, commanding the international Boundary Rifles, of Sonora, Mex., has received from Major Joaquin Fontes, of Potam, Rio Yaqui, a letter giving an account of the tragic death of “California Dan” Ryan, chief of scouts under General Luis Torres, at Torin. According to Mayor Fontes, El Renegado, leader of the Yaquis, shifted his position from Ontejuota to Bacum without the knowledge of the Mexicans. In this way, he was enabled to set the trap into which Ryan fell.