Author of four books, The Colfax County War, Murder on the White Sands, A Spy for the Union, and Death of a Kootch Show Girl.
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Jun 9
The Colfax County War: Violence and Corruption in Territorial New Mexico review in The Journal of the Civil War Era. muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/article/…
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Apr 17
I'll be speaking about the Colfax County War and on the Billy the Kid panel this July in Albuquerque at the Wild West History Association Roundup. For more information, go to wildwesthistory.org
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Apr 15
On April 15th, 1878, Frank W. Angel was appointed special investigator and sent to New Mexico to investigate the Lincoln County War and the Colfax County War.
Source: The Colfax County War: Violence and Corruption in Territorial New Mexico. amzn.to/4sUs2O5
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Mar 12
Born March 12, 1822, Timothy Webster is best known for his work as a spy for the Union during the American Civil War. In 1862, he was betrayed by fellow spies and became the first spy executed in the Civil War.
Source: coreyrecko.com/aspyfortheuni…
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Mar 5
On March 5, 1896, Pinkerton operative John C. Fraser arrived in Las Cruces to investigate the disappearance of Albert Fountain and his 8-year-old son Henry.
Pages from Murder on the White Sands: The Disappearance of Albert and Henry Fountain.
coreyrecko.com
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Corey Recko retweeted
14 Dec 2025
There has only been one verified photo of Billy The Kid and it sold for $2.3 million in 2011. Since then, there have been a wave of newly "discovered" Billy The Kid photos but all have been debunked, including the one of him supposedly playing croquet. cowboystatedaily.com/2025/12…
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26 Nov 2025
Albert B. Fall was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, on November 26, 1861. Fall is best known as the principle figure in the scandal that became known as Teapot Dome. (Photo: Albert Fall, 1923, author's collection).
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Corey Recko retweeted
6 Nov 2025
Nearly 130 years ago, the disappearance of this father and son opened an unsolved case that continues to resonate. zurl.co/CencA
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6 Nov 2025
An article in @NMMagazine about the murders of Albert and Henry Fountain: "The Unsolved Fountain Murders: Nearly 130 years ago, the disappearance of this father and son opened an unsolved case that continues to resonate." newmexicomagazine.org/blog/p…
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31 Oct 2025
It’s Halloween night 1953, the last night of the carnival in rural Ohio, and a stripper turns up dead.... amzn.to/49qGQ0A #Halloween
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30 Sep 2025
An interview on the murders of Albert and Henry Fountain on the "Chasing Billy" Billy the Kid podcast.
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14 Sep 2025
On September 14th, 1875, Reverend F. J. Tolby was assassinated on the lonely Cimarron Canyon road. Thought by some to have been a victim of the Santa Fe Ring, the cold-blooded murder of Tolby started a wave of violence known as the Colfax County War.
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Corey Recko retweeted
6 Sep 2025
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Check out my latest podcast with @CoreyRecko
Corey Recko - Unplugged
CochiseCounty_Travels - Wild West History Podcast · Episode
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26 Aug 2025
On August 26, 1861, Albert Jennings Fountain, then living in California, enlisted in the Union army.
(Brief description of how his military service changed his life is from Murder on the White Sands: The Disappearance of Albert and Henry Fountain)
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UNT Press is excited to announce that THE COLFAX COUNTY WAR: VIOLENCE AND CORRUPTION IN TERRITORIAL NEW MEXICO by Corey Recko has been awarded the 2025 Wild West History Association Best Book Award!
Pick up your own copy of this outstanding book at untpress.unt.edu!
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25 Jun 2025
Despite the fact that the claim this image shows Billy the Kid has been thoroughly debunked @joshuagates decided to let a charlatan use his show to push the claim with no push back. @Discovery should have higher standards. For more on this photo see coreyrecko.com/itsnotbilly
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23 Jun 2025
The March 2025 Wild West History Association Journal ran my article "It’s Not Them," about misidentified historical photographs. This alleged Billy the Kid (it's not him) was cut for space. Here's what was cut: coreyrecko.com/itsnotbilly
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19 Mar 2025
My latest article, "It's Not Them: The Truth Behind Alleged Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, Jesse James, and Doc Holliday Photos," is in the March issue of the Wild West History Association Journal. Most of the photos covered in the article are in image #2.
wildwesthistory.org
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Corey Recko retweeted
11 Mar 2025
Corey Recko’s "The Colfax County War" has won the 2025 Western Heritage Award for non-fiction books.
In the book, Recko uncovers a forgotten but explosive chapter in New Mexico’s past, filled with land disputes, corruption and frontier justice.
Info: nationalcowboymuseum.org/wha…
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