In the photo above, Max Allan Collins sits at right next to his writing partner, the late Mickey Spillane, for the Kensington series of Caleb York...
What History Has Taught Me: Max Allan Collins
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Articles
Mrose vs Ford
Martin Mrose is best known for being a romantic rival of John Wesley Hardin—and of being killed in El Paso in 1895. But a decade earlier, Mrose had...
Western Events for February 2018
Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West this February. Adventure Valentine Dinner Train Chattanooga, TN, February 2-14...
Who Succeeded “Wild Bill” Hickok as Marshal of Abilene, Kansas?
Who succeeded “Wild Bill” Hickok as marshal of Abilene, Kansas? Kerry Bulls Winlock, Washington James Gauthie put on the badge, on December 13,...
An Enduring Everyman Hero
One of my favorite photographs of rock ’n’ roll frontman Tom Petty was taken on March 10, 1977, by Michael Putland. The singer, clad in a striped...
Sandy Huntington
George Ruffner was Yavapai County’s perennial sheriff. He was a top notch peace officer and an expert tracker; it was said he could track “bees in a...
The Fatal Bullet
There are a lot of Old West items floating around in the world of collectors—including the bullet that killed gunfighter John Wesley Hardin. Bill...
DVD Review: The Law And Jake Wade
Outlaw-turned-marshal Jake Wade (Robert Taylor) figures he’s squared his debt to former accomplice Clint (Richard Widmark) by busting him out of...
A Bad Reputation
Martin Mrose is usually painted as an Old West rustler and thief who got what was coming to him in June of 1895. Several lawmen filled him full of...
Jerome, Arizona
Jerome, perched precariously on the slopes of cone-shaped Cleopatra Hill is a popular tourist attraction today. Despite some occasional bickering...
A Fool’s Errand
The Western, be it a novel or a film, always carries with it the burden of history. For much of our nation’s existence, the West was the story of...
An Empirical Tejano
Despite his negative reputation as an inhumane military leader of Texas and Mexico’s northern provinces, the infamous Don Joaquin Arredondo...