What were frontier dentists able to do medically besides pull teeth and make primitive dentures? Frank Fantozzi San Jose, California “Agonizing...
If one thing will ding a contender for the title of a historically accurate Western, it’s the dreaded buscadero. Purists hate the low slung holster...
The old TV show said “he wore a cane and derby hat.” There’s plenty of photos of Bat Masterson wearing derbies—but none of him carrying a cane....
Long Haired Sam Brown led a gang in California’s Calaveras County in the 1850s. He was dealing cards in 1855 when a Chilean miner grabbed someone...
Two months separated the 1868 clashes between the U.S. military and the Indians at Beecher Island and the Washita River. One is known for heroism on...
Ed Scarborough isn’t as well-known as his lawman father George, who killed John Selman. But Ed made his own mark. He originally served as posse...
Boone May is not the biggest name in Old West annals, but he was a terror to outlaws in the 1870s—first as a shotgun messenger for the Cheyenne and...
Arizona’s rugged central mountains, with their brawny mountains and twisting, boulder-choked canyons were a perfect place to lose a mine. Coronado’s...
After explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark found limestone springs in 1804 that later generations used to fill water barrels on their way...
You can’t have an authentic set without authentic costumes. But even though Tombstone would begin filming more than two months before the start of...
During the Mexican Revolution American adventurers, especially barnstorming pilots were much in demand by both sides. In 1911 during the early...
Among the wide gamut of working women in the West were not only schoolteachers, nurses, restaurateurs, seamstresses, good time girls and even...