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A Laughing Matter?

by Mark Boardman | Dec 12, 2018

Being captured didn’t faze train robber Rube Burrow. On October 9, 1890 he was grabbed by two black men, Jesse Hildreth and Frank Marshall, when...

Six Guns Along the Mexican Border

by | Dec 12, 2018

Curly Bill Brocius figured prominently in the outlawry along the Mexican border in the early 1880s. He was personally responsible for rustling...

Best of the West 2019: Western Books

by Stuart Rosebrook | Dec 11, 2018

A I write this column from my desk in my office in Iowa City, Iowa, in October 2018, reflecting on the past, present and future state of Western...

What Can You Tell Me About Living with Consumption in the Old West Era?

by | Dec 11, 2018

What can you tell me about living with consumption in the Old West era? Paul Gortarez Phoenix, Arizona Consumption is an early term for...

Death by Association

by Mark Boardman | Dec 11, 2018

For Charles Cooper, being a friend of Chunk Colbert didn’t turn out well. The two were eating with Clay Allison at Cimarron, New Mexico Territory’s...

The Man Who Redeemed The Hamer Name

by Henry C. Parke | Dec 10, 2018

The story of The Highwaymen, the new Depression-era Western from Netflix, has been a thirty-year obsession for author John Fusco. “Those old photos...

Best of the West 2019: Heritage Travel

by Stuart Rosebrook | Dec 7, 2018

Truth be told, I love a long road trip across America and have enjoyed dozens of trips as a young man and as a father. My first travel memories are...

Maurice Kildare and the 1883 Bisbee Massacre

by | Dec 7, 2018

Several years ago, I read an article written by Maurice Kildare about the Bisbee Massacre in which he stated that the men hanged for it were not the...

Did the Apache Call Their Great Leader Geronimo or His Original Name, Goyahkla?

by | Dec 6, 2018

Did the Apache call their great leader Geronimo or his original name, Goyahkla? Al Maurine Tucson, Arizona Geronimo, a prominent leader and shaman,...