Born on November 3, 1877, in Hillsboro, Texas, Laney Thomas Cathey was four when the railroad arrived. His relatives believe he worked for the...
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Britt Johnson
The drama began on October 13th, when a Kiowa and Comanche war party of several hundred swept down to where Elm Creek joins the Brazos River, about...
In the Lonesome Dove Photo, I Could Pick out only Woodrow Call and Clara Allen. Did the Other Main Cast Members Leave the Set?
In the Lonesome Dove photo, I could pick out only Woodrow Call and Clara Allen. Did the other main cast members leave the set? Dan Winrow Sioux...
Will C. Barnes: Soldier, Cowboy, Author and Storyteller
Will C. Barnes was born in San Francisco on June 21st, 1858. After moving across country and living in numerous states, he settled in Washington,...
That’s My Steak, Valance
Leadville’s mining boom exploded between 1878 and 1879—population between 6,000 to 8,000—and the Colorado frontier town gained a reputation for...
Unforgiving Frontier
Laura Little’s escape from a Texas Sanitarium for the Curable and Incurable in a fast-paced prologue is a brilliant introduction to her...
Celebrate Frontier Heritage and the Rawhide TV Show at Tucumcari Rawhide Days!
Join the town of Tucumcari for the 3rd Annual Tucumcari Rawhide Days. A celebration of Tucumcari's frontier heritage and the Rawhide TV series...
In Southeast Montana, Big Sky Meets Big Adventure
Out here, in Southeast Montana, find yourself miles away from ordinary and smack-dab in the middle of your own Western adventure. Cowboys still ride...
A Belle of Old Fort Sumner
Walter Noble Burns was onto something. A 56-year-old Chicago journalist, Burns had become intrigued by a long-dead and largely forgotten outlaw...
Custer’s Conspirator
A new officer joined the 7th Cavalry in the summer of 1869, bringing with him a background that even today seems the stuff of fiction,” Charles K....
The Perils of Pauline
Pauline Cushman was an actress who became a celebrated spy for the Union Army during the Civil War, a hotel proprietress, the wife of a sheriff and...
The Queen Rules
Ann Bassett was quite the woman, running a ranch in northwest Colorado around the turn of the century. She was involved in the range wars. She was...