Undeniably the darkest hour in Texas’s history, the Reconstruction era, between 1865 and 1877, turned the Lone Star State into a bloody and...
Who Killed the Texas Terror?
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America’s First Cavalry Blade
In 1833, the U.S. Army formed its first official mounted regiments, the First and Second Dragoons. These soldiers rode to battle, then dismounted to...
DVD Review: Painted Woman
Painted Woman (Echo Bridge; $15.99). After experiencing both the security and shame of a kept woman, Julie (played by Stef Dawson) knows too much...
Gem City of the Plains
No one knows what happened to Jacques La Ramée, except that he disappeared on what would become the Laramie River in about 1821. Some suspect...
El Paso Saddlery Gunleather
While many companies make Old West-style gunleather, only a handful make true museum-quality reproductions of the holsters and gun belts worn during...
Big Year for Custer Guns
The year 2017 turned out to be an excellent year to collect firearms tied to a storied icon, George Custer, and his most famous (and fateful)...
How are Cattle Brands read, and how do Ranchers select them?
How are cattle brands read, and how do ranchers select them? John Rankin Rapid City, South Dakota Interpreting a brand takes some experience and...
Sitting with Wyatt Earp
Dreams of a “fly-on-the-wall” moment in Western history certainly include sitting with Wyatt Earp in the 1920s as he set the record straight about...
Is Pancho Villa’s “Punitive Expedition” the same as the “Mexican Expedition?”
Is Pancho Villa’s “Punitive Expedition” the same as the “Mexican Expedition?” Tim Powell Douglas, Arizona The 1916-1917 action was originally called...
For the Love of the Book
"Where Words and Imagination Come to Life” is the theme of the 10th annual Tucson Festival of Books, which will be held Saturday and Sunday, March...
Judge Roy Bean and His Unrequited Love For the “Jersey Lillie”
Somewhere along his wild and wooly way Roy Bean had developed a schoolboy crush on the beautiful English actress Lillie Langtry. He went so far as...
The Nation’s Worst Single Lynching
You might guess that the worst single lynching in U.S. history took place in the Deep South and that the victims were black. But the remarkable...