True giants don’t need to declare themselves, they just are, and William Blinn, the quiet man from Ohio, is a true giant. Blinn has a talent for tell
May 2014
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- Brand New Buffalo Bills
- Buffalo Bill Goosed the World’s Fair
- A Bloody Barbed-Wire Battle
- 16 Historical Destinations That Will Make You Weep
- Hideout Hijinks
- Troubled Tom Horn
- The Real Birth of Westerns
- The Curious Murder of Manny Clements
- Victoria Wilcox
- In 1960’s The Alamo, Jim Bowie used a seven-barrel pepperbox rifle. Did such a gun exist? And did the real Bowie have one?
- Do any records indicate Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickok met?
- A gambler in a high-stakes poker game runs out of money while holding a winning hand of four aces. He asks the players to pause the game so he can get a loan at the bank. Is this Hollywood or a true story?
- How did “being heeled” come to mean “being armed?”
- Was there a female Texas Ranger during the Old West era?
- Who is the most popular character the Old West ever produced?
- Poverty Croquettes
- SUGARFOOT (SEASON ONE)
- Hunting His Own Kind
- Spirit Warriors Rise Up
- 10 Myths About TOM HORN
- Twain is Born
- Kansas Cattle Towns, Then and Now
- Rough Drafts 5/14
- Ode to the Cowboys
- Robber Baron or Entrepreneur?
- The Duke: A Legendary Life
- Westward Across the Divide
- Gamblers, Gunfighters & Saloon Girls
- Happy Jack
- May 2014 Events
- A True Giant