On June 22, 1881 a fire broke out in downtown Tombstone, Arizona. The cause of the fire will surprise you.
Fires regularly broke out in the wooden structures of Old West towns. A faulty flue in a stove; a knocked over kerosene lamp or a trash fire that got out of hand would destroy whole blocks.

We're all aware of the battle of the Little Big Horn that took place in 1876.
But what most people don't know, is how a "humble shover of the lead pencil" ended up being one of the casualties.

As we shall see, not all Indian tribes fought the white man.  And not all white men fought Indians.