Horses rarely get shot in the Westerns, although they often go down when the rider is hit. What about in real life?
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What illness did Jim Bowie have that confined him to a cot just before the final Mexican attack on the Alamo?
Stone by Stone
Shirley McClintock has dedicated her life to preserving the history of Council Grove, Kansas.
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What did cowboys read for pleasure?
Death of a Cowboy, the Birth of a Legend
The final, fateful days of John Ringo.
The Best of Butch’s Wild Bunch
How the real outlaws who rode and robbed from Montana to Bolivia became cinema heroes.
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Was the Civil War Vintage LeMat Revolver Ever Modified to take Brass Cartridges?
Blood, Love and Brotherhood
W.K. Stratton’s The Wild Bunch sets a new standard for film-biography, and new biographies of an Army scout and Estaban, the diary of pioneer John Benton Hart and a novelized memoir of outlaw Cole Younger.
Mystery Man of the West
The Apache Kid is one of the most mysterious figures in Old West history. The one-time Indian scout for the army. But things went bad in 1887 when...
Off the Rails
The James-Younger Gang’s first train robbery didn’t go as planned. It was outside Adair, Iowa on July 21, 1873. At least nine outlaws dislodged the...
The Frontier’s Movable Kitchen
Traditional chuck wagon cooking can be enjoyed at a local festival or right at home.
A Wild Time for Wild Bill
A bar in Hays City, Kansas, on July 17, 1870. Two 7th Cavalry troopers jump Wild Bill Hickok, a continuation from an earlier disagreement. One of...