John Wesley Hardin’s older brother Joe had a hard time finding a final resting place. After Wes killed a Texas lawman in May 1874, vigilantes took...
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A Collector Like No Other
Of course, he’d become one of the frontier’s most ardent historians and collectors because history called early to Doug McChristian. He’d always...
The Best of Intentions
Helen Hunt Jackson became interested in the plight of Native Americans in the latter half of the 19th Century. So she wrote Ramona, a melodramatic...
Frontier Editors
Wherever folks settled in the rugged wilds of the West there remained a desire to keep up with what was happening “Back in the States.” Local events...
Were Davy Crockett and his men Captured and Executed in Mexico City?
The March 2019 Alamo issue of True West brought to mind a documentary I saw a few years ago that claimed Davy Crockett and some of his men were...
My Darling Clementine
The other night the 1946 John Ford film My Darling Clementine popped up on one of the channels. I've always enjoyed the film, not for its historical...
Edgar Rice Burroughs Hunted the Apache Kid
Dateline: Fort Grant, Arizona Territory, Saturday, May 23, 1896. Edgar Rice Burroughs, age 20, arrived here today to begin a harrowing ten-month...
What Became of the Yuma Territorial Prison After its Closure in 1909?
The Yuma Territorial Prison opened its doors and closed in 1909 it didn’t lie fallow for long. Before becoming one of Arizona favorite state parks...
Did Old West Lawmen Carry their own Weapons?
Did Old West lawmen carry their own weapons? Capt. Gary Lavorgna Newfane, Vermont Most peace officers were responsible for providing their own...
Did She or Didn’t She?
The people who knew her, and the historians who love her, consider Madam Dora DuFran one of the most lucrative businesswomen in South Dakota. Her...
Toppenish, Washington
The central Washington town of Toppenish came into being when a Yakama Indian named Josephine Lillie Parker sold part of her federal land allotment...
Did Doc Holliday “Open the Ball” Behind the O.K. Corral?
Many historians have claimed the actions of Doc Holliday “opened the ball” at the storied gunfight in Tombstone on October 26, 1881. Let me share...