Red Cloud and other Lakota leaders met with Indian Commissioners at Fort Laramie in 1866 intending to negotiate an agreement that would allow safe...
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Arizona Pearce Boom to Bust
Few folks driving on the old Ghost Town Trail northeast of Tombstone, through Gleeson, Courtland and Pearce are aware of the fact that it was quite...
Proving Up
Elinore Pruitt Stewart’s Letters of a Woman Homesteader captures the rambunctious spirit of this woman pioneer who set out to prove that she could...
It Always Rains After a Dry Spell
It seems like my entire life has been spent living in a drought. I was born in Mesa, Arizona in 1939 where we lived on a small livestock...
DVD Review: Barquero
For a Few Dollars More and The Wild Bunch propelled former bit players Lee Van Cleef and Warren Oates to Western movie stardom. Van Cleef is the...
Nebraska’s Outlaw Trail
Early law and order came not from lawmen, but citizens, in what is now Nebraska. When the wagon trains left Independence and St. Joseph, Missouri,...
Objections Overruled!
Kim Darby made her mark in the 1969 version of True Grit. She was not an obvious choice for the lead of Mattie Ross, who was supposed to be 14....
The Spark that Launched the Vendetta Ride
March 18, 1882 A one-night showing of the play Stolen Kisses is being staged at the Turnverein Hall, north of Schieffelin Hall. It has been...
O’Brien at the Movies
Edmond O’Brien is probably best known for his roles in a number of film noir movies and television shows. But he made an impact in two notable...
Was Josh Randall’s Wanted: Dead or Alive ”Mare’s Leg” Winchester based on a real Old West Gun?
Was Josh Randall’s Wanted: Dead or Alive ”Mare’s Leg” Winchester based on a real Old West gun? Glen Banse Brick Township, New Jersey “Mare’s Leg”...
Daylight Saving Time
Arizona has always taken pride in marching to the beat of its own drum. For example, all but one of contiguous United States went off Daylight...
The Hunt for Zwing
Zwing Hunt—yes, that was probably his real name—ran with the Cochise County Cow-boys during their heyday. It turned out to be his undoing. In March...