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April 2015

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Broncho Billy Anderson

Mark Boardman

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Tap into History at Helldorado’s “El Gato de Cristal”

Stuart Rosebrook

frank-canton-blog

Frank Canton

Marshall Trimble

Survival-fanny-kelly-sullys-camp

Surviving Captivity

Terry A. Del Bene

alfred-afraid-of-hawk-blog

Albert Afraid of Hawk

Mark Boardman

apache-endurance-blog

Apache Endurance

Bob Boze Bell

custer-blog

The End of the Civil War and Custer’s New Frontier

Stuart Rosebrook

civilwar-blog

Talk About a Mistake

Jana Bommersbach

tombstone-grave-hanging-blog

Bisbee Massacre Hanging

Marshall Trimble

Wovoka, Medicine Man

Mark Boardman

Tom Horns gun-Charlie Russell letter

Hired Gun’s Last Weapon

Meghan Saar

calamity-jane-blog

Calamity, we Hardly Knew Ya

Jana Bommersbach

cole-younger-2-blog

Cole Younger and the Little Girl

Marshall Trimble

john-wayne-statue-blog

Big Day for the Duke

Stuart Rosebrook

tom-mix-blog

Tom Mix: Prescott’s First “Junior Bonner”

Stuart Rosebrook

james-coryell-blog

A Fatal Sweet Tooth

Mark Boardman

roy-bean-blog

Roy Bean’s Hanging

Marshall Trimble

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The Gun that Won the Western

Phil Spangenberger

clell-miller-blog

Clell Miller’s Bones

Mark Boardman

chief-washakie-blog

A Dead Ringer for George Washington

Jana Bommersbach

lonepine-blog

Fifty Shades of Rawhide

Stuart Rosebrook

bethenia-owens-adair-blog

Bucking the Norm

Jana Bommersbach

butch-and-sundance-final-shootout-blog

The Real Butch and Sundance

Marshall Trimble

allan-pinkerton-blog

Allan Pinkerton Lied

Mark Boardman

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O’Reilly’s Legends & Lies

C. Courtney Joyner

abraham-lincoln-blog

Is the Great Emancipator also the Father of the West?

Stuart Rosebrook

levis-blog

“Levi, we Need Durable Pantaloons.”

Marshall Trimble

phoenix-postcard-blog

Phoenix Disliked from the Start

Jana Bommersbach

bass-reeves-blog

U.S. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves

Marshall Trimble

Ely-Parker

Ely S. Parker

Tom Augherton

juan-patron-blog

The Horrell Brothers’ Revenge

Mark Boardman

andy-devine-stagecoach-blog

Andy Devine’s Divine Voice

Marshall Trimble

james-averell-blog

A Pimp, Really?

Jana Bommersbach

willis-newton-blog

The Last Train Holdup in Texas

Mark Boardman

arizona-is-in-live-blog

Arizona is in Love…

Jana Bommersbach

Abraham-Lincoln-out-west

Lincoln’s Western Past

Johnny D. Boggs

mannieclements-blog

Mannie Clements Found Out that Dead Men Tell no Tales

Mark Boardman

larcena-pennington-blog

Larcena Pennington

Marshall Trimble

blonde-marie-blog

Blonde Marie

Marshall Trimble

jack-stilwell-blog

Whirlwind of the Prairies

Bob Boze Bell

Andersonville-Prison-Ga-1864-Issuing-rations

Death in the Mississippi

Mark Boardman

james-williams-blog

The Lynching of Red Yeager

Mark Boardman

baron-of-arizona-blog

The Baron of Arizona

Marshall Trimble

john-wesley-hardin-in-1871-blog

Did John Wesley Hardin get the drop on Wild Bill Hickok?

Mark Boardman

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One Man’s Dream

Jana Bommersbach

Coconut-Cake-recipe

Every Dog Has its Day

Sherry Monahan

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Blood on the Tracks

Bob Boze Bell

Alfred-Jacob-Miller-the-Long-Greenhorn

In Search of the West

Terry A. Del Bene

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Valiant Surgeons in Army Blue

John Langellier

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The Great Texas Treasury Raid

Mike Cox

Who was the first white woman to scale Pikes Peak?

Marshall Trimble

Rough Drafts 4/15

Stuart Rosebrook

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Cord McCoy

Cord McCoy

Jack-Stilwell

The West’s Forgotten Scout

Roy B. Young

The book True Grit states Rooster Cogburn died from “night hoss.” What does that mean?

Marshall Trimble

What was the cost of the westward wagon trains?

Marshall Trimble

In The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Lee Van Cleef (the Bad) is missing part of a finger. What happened to it? Also, did Eli Wallach play the Ugly? I have been told Van Cleef did.

Marshall Trimble

The 1857 Bonneville expedition against the Apache reportedly carried 700 gallons of vinegar. Why?

Marshall Trimble

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Life and Death of a Valiant Texas Ranger

Mike Cox

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Fratricide on Missouri Frontier

James Crownover

The-Big-Drift-Patrick-Dearen

When Winter Killed

John Nesbitt

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Wayward Western Women

Pamela Nowak

Embattled-Rebel_James-M-McPherson.-book-review

Jefferson Davis: Across Five Aprils

Stuart Rosebrook

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April 2015 Events

Darren Jensen

What did outlaws like Frank and Jesse James do with all the loot they stole?

Marshall Trimble

Did Wild Bill Hickok really have the Dead Man’s Hand of aces and eights when he was killed?

Marshall Trimble